SOSA 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Evolutionary Anthropology, Nacirema, Audrey Richards

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Sociol & Social Anthropology
• Course: SOSA 1002
• Professor: Campbell B

Document Summary

Horace miner - body ritual among the nacirema. First researched the nacirema and brought attention to them. Lives in between the canadian cree, the yaqui, and tarahumare of. This is all thanks to their rich natural environment. Most of their day is spent on spiritual rituals. The focus of these spiritual rituals are the human body. They believed that the human body is ugly, and all the human body is made for is to spread disease. Every household has one or more shrines. The richer your household is, the more shrines you would have in your house. Rituals are not family matters, but personal and secret. The focal point of the shrine is a box. In the box, there is many charms and magical potions. The natives believe that they would die without these things. These charms are given by many different practitioners. Beneath the box is a small font. The natives have an odd fixation on the mouth.