For the best reading experience, it is advised that the reader simply dive right in with only this bit of context–"Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" was originally published as an article within an anthropology journal. Keep that fact in mind as you read, and take everything at face value the first time around. Hopefully this will give you the reading experience that the author intended, and you will only fully realize its satirical nature towards the end of the piece. Only upon second and further readings does Miner's careful criticism of anthropological articles fully shine through, forcing the reader to examine how they view journals about the "other" by reflecting on the self.
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