Cultural Diversity and Exotic Customs
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What is the purpose of describing the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema?

To illustrate the extremes of human behavior

What is the anthropologist not likely to be surprised by?

Even the most exotic customs

What does the anthropologist suspect if all possible combinations of behavior have not been found?

That they must be present in some undescribed tribe

Who expressed the idea that all logically possible combinations of behavior must exist somewhere in the world?

<p>Murdock</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the author compare the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema to?

<p>An example of the extremes of human behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the anthropologist describing the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema?

<p>to provide an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the anthropologist not likely to be surprised by?

<p>the diversity of ways different peoples behave in similar situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the anthropologist suspect if all possible combinations of behavior have not been found?

<p>that they must be present in some undescribed tribe</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the author compare the magical beliefs and practices of the Nacirema to?

<p>an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who expressed the idea that all logically possible combinations of behavior must exist somewhere in the world?

<p>Murdock</p> Signup and view all the answers

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