Thompson revisited the Nacirema after the fall of their civilization. These sacred aspects are the rituals that the Nacirema partake in throughout their lives. These ritual practices are prescribed as how humans should comport themselves in the presence of sacred things. Some of the popular aspects of Nacirema culture include: medicine men and women (doctors, psychiatrists, and pharmacists), a charm-box (medicine cabinet), the mouth-rite ritual (brushing teeth), and a cultural hero known as Notgnihsaw (Washington spelled backwards). The article received the most reprint permission requests of any article in American Anthropologist.
Miner's article became a popular work, reprinted in many introductory textbooks and used as an example process analysis in the literature text The Bedford Reader. The Nacirema are described as having a highly developed market economy that has evolved within a rich natural habitat.
The paper describes the typical Western ideal for oral cleanliness, as well as providing an outside view on hospital care and on psychiatry. Miner presents the Nacirema as a group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs distances readers from the fact that the North American group described actually corresponds to modern-day Americans of the mid-1950s. In the paper, Miner describes the Nacirema, a little-known tribe living in North America. Horace Mitchell Miner wrote the paper and originally published it in the June 1956 edition of American Anthropologist. The original use of the term in a social science context was in 'Body Ritual among the Nacirema', which satirizesanthropological papers on 'other' cultures, and the culture of the United States. 'Body Ritual among the Nacirema' Wikisource has original text related to this article: The neologism attempts to create a deliberate sense of self-distancing in order that American anthropologists might look at their own culture more objectively. Nacirema ('American' spelled backwards) is a term used in anthropology and sociology in relation to aspects of the behavior and society of citizens of the United States of America. Papoose reveals the artwork for his upcoming album, 'Nacirema. Cover Art Revealed For Papoose's Debut Album 'Nacirema Dream' Update: Tracklist & Features Revealed By Rose Lilah Feb 23, 2013. Check out the Papoose Nacirema Dream Track List after the jump. The albu, features Mobb Deep, Erykah Badu, Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Remy Ma and more. Here goes the album cover and tracklist to Papoose’s long awaited debut album Nacirema Dream.