Title: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

Title: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Title Record # 1138498
Author: Horace Miner
Date: 1956-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: sfu.ca
Language: English

Note: Originally published in ''American Anthropologist'', 1956, 58(3), pp. 503-507.

Synopsis: A satirical study of the customs and beliefs of the "Nacirema" ("American" spelt backwards).

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Year	Title
1966^ⓘOriginally appeared in American Anthropologist	Body Ritual Among the Nacirema [as by Horace M. Miner]

Year	Language	Title
1974	German	Das Körperritual der Renakirema^?Das Koerperritual der Renakirema [as by Horace M. Miner]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown	1963-00-00	ed. Robert A. Baker	Prentice-Hall		$3.95^?$: US dollar	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Worm Re-Turns: The Best from Worm Runner's Digest	1965-00-00	ed. James V. McConnell	Prentice-Hall		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xxv+ 182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Roy I. Mumme
The Worm Re-Turns: The Best from Worm Runner's Digest	1967-00-00	ed. James V. McConnell	George Allen & Unwin		21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xxv+ 182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Roy I. Mumme
Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction	1968-06-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	355	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
Apeman, Spaceman	1968-10-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Rapp & Whiting		35/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	355	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lawrence Edwards
Apeman, Spaceman	1970-03-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01819-9 / N1819	$0.95^?$: US dollar	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Paul Lehr
Apeman, Spaceman	1972-11-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Penguin Books	0-14-003485-4	£0.45^?£: UK pound	376	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	David Pelham
Anthropofiction	1974-05-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #21)	3-436-01676-4	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	312	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Eddie Jones
Apeman, Spaceman	1979-00-00	ed. Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover	Penguin Books	0-14-003485-4	£1.25^?£: UK pound	376	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Adrian Chesterman
A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown	date unknown	ed. Robert A. Baker	Prentice-Hall	0-13-852608-7	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth

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