Nacirema Culture Analysis

The Nacirema practices consist of magic driven rituals and ceremonies that shape human behaviour. The rituals and ceremonies establish Horace Miner’s view of Nacirema as American spelt backwards. Initially, Horace Miner views the American culture through magical powers that establish the creation of the culture. Therefore, the Nacirmea culture originates from the Canadian Cree, Yaqui, Tarahumare of Mexico, the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles, which the origin comes from the natives who first landed in America. However, Nacirema comes from the hero Notgnihsaw, who is Washington, spelt backwards is the first president of the United States. The main concern of the people of Nacirema, is the human body and their health. The Nacirema believes …show more content…
Otherwise known as ethnocentric fallacy, the reader focuses on the point of view that the Nacirema culture is driven from witchcraft. Nonetheless, Nacirema also focuses on the ethnocentrism because it compares to it’s one’s own culture in terms that, Nacirema illustrates the harm of the culture. Initially, there is a bias of the culture because the Horace Miner portrays the American culture as ritual based. Nevertheless, the article of Nacirema illustrates how people define culture and judge them based on the norms in comparison to ones …show more content…
The diction used in the article emphasizes the ceremonies and rituals because of the many steps to achieve the goal. Nonetheless, I could not surpass the wickedness of Nacirema, with the emphasis of the shrine and potions. The article illustrates Nacirema as a place that no one wants to live in, but actually exist. However, I believe that the author is smart for naming the society Nacirema as American spelt backwards because it allows the reader to understand the importance of the ceremonies and rituals in to the society, because it shapes the human being. However, I question why certain cultures do such rituals that shape the society, because of the complex steps to understand the culture. Moreover, after figuring out Nacirema is American backwards, I looked in-depth for other words that were spelt backwards that might relate to the article. Therefore, Notgnihsaw intrigued me, realizing after it was Washington spelt backwards. Thus, to my own knowledge I knew Washington was the first president of the United States and whom chopped down a cherry tree. Although, it did not resonate to me the relation of the rituals of Nacirema related the rituals that occur in Western