Problem
"Culture and the Media." According to Andersen and Taylor (2020), the authors of your text, culture is defined as, "the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society" (p. 27).
First, accomplish the following in your first post:
a) What is the article Body Ritual among the Nacirema about and how is it related to the concept of culture?
b) What assumptions do we often make about other cultures and how is this related to the term ethnocentrism?
c) Why do some cultures' practices and rituals seem odd and others seem "normal"?
d) How does the way Body Ritual among the Nacirema contribute to understanding the Nacirema as "mysterious" or "bizarre"? How do we do it in everyday conversations and within our day-to-day interactions?
e) Why does culture often feel "right" or "wrong"?