Read "The Body Ritual of the Nacirema" and the Instructor Explanation carefully and use the following prompts when writing your response.  Who are the Nacirema? What made it difficult to identify who they are? What are the techniques and words that Horace Miner uses to describe them? What rituals does he describe in the piece? How does Body Ritual Among the Nacirema help us understand our own view of other cultures and how we are viewed by other cultures? Why do some of the practices and rituals of other cultures seem odd or foreign to us? How do our own cultural norms affect our understanding and perception of other cultures?