Vocabulary (1)
in a literal manner or sense; exactly
what is literally?
something rare or unusual
what is exotic?
Horace Miner
who wrote "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" (a.k.a the Nacirema)?
to show ourselves our stereotypes about Africa
what is "6th Grade Word Cloud"?
6/4/76
when was America founded?
used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorical
what is figurative?
a widely held but false belief or idea
what is a myth?
Nacirema (spelling)
what is "American" spelled backward?
we wrote our own exaggerated daily rituals
what is "Daily Rituals of the Rednaxelnep"?
William Penn
who founded Pennsylvania?
an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature
what is a theme?
the term Horace Miner used for "Americans" to trick anthropologists into seeing their own ethnocentrism
who are the Nacirema?
The Holy Mouth Man
what is a ritual described in Horace Miner's article, "The Body Rituals Among the Nacirema"
examination of photos to guess where they were taken
what is "Where in the World"?
an anthropologist who published an article describing "unusual" and "strange" rituals about a certain group of people, and ended up tricking an entire community of anthropologists
who is Horace Miner?
the study of the origin and development of human societies and cultures
what is anthropology?
to understand or explain wrongly or incorrectly
what is misinterpret?
1956 (publishing date of ____)
when was "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" published?
a very racist article written by a european explorer that depicted African people as uncivilized beasts
what was "The Heroes of the Dark Continent"?
8/2/76
when was the Declaration of Independence signed?
what is ethnocentrism
a widely held, simplified, and essentialist belief about a specific group; a myth or untrue story
what is a stereotype?
to trick ethnocentric anthropologists into seeing their bias on other cultures
why was "Body Rituals Among the Nacirema" written?
a TEDTalk performed and written by Chimamanda Adichie which explained the cautions of hearing one thing, and only believing that one belief about the thing in question
what was "The Danger of a Single Story"?
9/3/83
when was the Treaty of Paris signed?