What kind of sociological approach can we adopt from Horace Miner “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” portrayal of his own society?

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

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Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

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What kind of sociological approach can we adopt from Horace Miner “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” portrayal of his own society?

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Horace Miner presents a remarkable account of the body ritual of the complicated, enigmatic, and diverse American ethnic group called the Nacirema. He critiqued how social scientists are often driven by the desire to highlight the perceived weirdness of other cultures. This illustrates the problem of representation in ethnographic studies. Depicting Americans as having a “pervasive aversion to the natural body”, he urges us to appreciate the fact that what might seem normal to us might seem storage to someone hailing from a different cultural group.