<P> Nacirema ("American" spelled backwards) is a term used in anthropology and sociology in relation to aspects of the behavior and society of citizens of the United States of America . The neologism attempts to create a deliberate sense of self - distancing in order that American anthropologists might look at their own culture more objectively . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" </Td> </Tr> <P> The original use of the term in a social science context was in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema", which satirizes anthropological papers on "other" cultures, and the culture of the United States . Horace Mitchell Miner wrote the paper and originally published it in the June 1956 edition of American Anthropologist . </P>

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