Jay, I have a copy of Nacirema handy if Bridget can't find it.  Just
send me your snail mail.

Dawn Scher Thomae
Milwaukee Public Museum



Jay Cuasay wrote:

> To: Bridget Jones
> I remember nacirema from college day lore (I read Baudrillard for my
> Comp.
> Lit degree) but never actually read nacirema--only heard it meantioned
> and
> talked about.
> Can you point me to where I can actually read about that?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Bridget Jones [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Friday, October 15, 1999 10:00 AM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Fun to see mention of....
>
> Deb Fuller wrote:
> <<.  Personally I would love to see an exhibit done of David
> McCaullay's "Motel of the Mysteries" that is a wonderful spoof of an
> excavation of a sleazy motel and contrast that with excavations of
> pre-historic peoples>>
>
> I chuckled when I read your mention of the "Motel of the
> Mysteries"...I
> would love to see that exhibit...have you also see the article "Body
> Ritual
> of the Nacirema"?  Nacirema being American backwards..great
> anthropological
> study of this strange modern culture!
>
> And I do agree that most Native Am collections started out in Natural
> History museums because these were the more prominently
> established...but
> now they need to be shown in better cultural context and moved to
> anthropology or culturally specific arenas.
> Bridget Jones
> Bonham, TX
>
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