ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nacirema, Developed Market, Medicine Man
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Nacirema north american group living in territory between canadian cree, the yaqui and. Tarahumare of mexico, and the carib and arawak of the antilles. Traditio(cid:374) says that they (cid:272)o(cid:373)e fro(cid:373) the east . Highly developed market economy in rich natural habitat. People spend time with economic pursuits and ritual activity. The appearance of the human body is very important to them: believe that the human body is ugly and its natural tendency is to debility and disease. Every household has a shrine devoted to this purpose. More powerful people have several shrines in their house. The shrine is a box/chest built into the wall in which charms/magical potions are kept that no man believes he could live without. Medicine men decide what the ingredients should be and then write them down in an ancient/secret language which is only understood by the medicine men.
