Discuss the impression the reader has of the nacirema

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Consider the impression the reader has of the Nacirema. How did Miner construct that impression? What is the effect? How does Miner make us believe he knows what he is talking about? Why do you think Miner wrote this essay?

Miner, Horace. "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," American Anthropologist 58 (1956), pp. 503-507.

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