Exploring Cultural Aspects: Body Rituals, Hijab Experiences, and Diversity

Week Three Assignment Worksheet
Please review this assignment tutorial for help filling out this worksheet.
1) Select one aspect of culture from the list. Once you've made your selection, please delete
all other options.
Religion
2) Select a source to use for Part I of the paper. You will be using your textbook and the
article by Miner for this part of the paper, but for this worksheet, include the source you
found through your own research. Review the tutorial on evaluating sources and enter
your reference in the space below.
Reference entry in APA format:
Miner, H. (1956). Body ritual among the Nacirema. American anthropologist, 58(3), 503-507.
Rahmath, S., Chambers, L., & Wakewich, P. (2016, September). Asserting citizenship: Muslim
women's experiences with the hijab in Canada. In Women's Studies International Forum (Vol.
58, pp. 34-40). Pergamon.
3) Include the reference for Part II that corresponds to the topic you’ve chosen.Copy and
paste the reference entry from the table (e.g., if you chose Education, you would use the
article by Jonsson for Part II).
Ryan, L. (2011). Muslim women negotiating collective stigmatization:‘We’re just normal
people’. Sociology, 45(6), 1045-1060.
4) Summarizethe main points from each of your sources. See this guide for help with
summarizing your sources.
Miner (1956) in his article described the body rituals among the Nacirema. In the article the
author illustrated some of the diversity of the ways different people in the globe tends to behave
targeting some of the exotic customs. In this article the author highlighted the unusual aspects
and the beliefs and the practices of the Nacirema portraying the biggest example of the extent till
which human nature can go. Brought in the light of the anthropologist by professor Linton, the
culture of these people are still very poorly understood. Characterized by some of the highly
developed economy of the market, most of the time of the people is contributed to the economic
pursuits. The article highlights the context of the activity of the human body, the appearance of
the body that is one of the dominant concern for the ethos of the people. Thus the article
summarizes some of the practices that depends on the pervasive aversion towards the natural
bodies and its function among the Nacirema.
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