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Horace Mitchell Miner (born May 26, 1912, in St. Paul, Minnesota- died November 26, 1993) was an anthropologist, particularly interested in those languages of his time that were still closely tied to the earth and agricultural practices. During World War II, he served as a counterintelligence agent in Italy and Japan. In 1955, he earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago, going on to teach there, as well as at other universities in the United States, and on a Fulbright Fellowship at a college in Uganda. He later worked elsewhere in Africa, and in South America. He published several books, including ''Culture and Agriculture'' (1949), and ''City in Modern Africa'' (1967). However, he is equally famous for a satirical essay entitled "Body Ritual among the Nacirema", which not only satirizes American culture from an anthropological perspective and, as the ''Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology'' states, "...offered incipient cultural critiques of Euro-American arrogance, by showing that magic is not the prerogative of non-Western societies".〔"magic." Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London: Routledge, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 24 September 2012.〕 but also provides "a classic and apt example of how ethnocentrism can color one's thinking."〔Preston, Frederick William (1988) ''Sociology: A Contemporary Approach'' pg 73.〕 The work was also featured in ''American Anthropologist'' ==Awards== Decorated Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Recipient Social Sci. Research Council demobilization award, 1945 Society Sci. Research Council fellow, 1936–37 Ford Foundation grantee, 1956; Rockefeller grantee Nigeria, 1957–58 Fulbright research award Horace Rackham grant for field research Algeria, 1950 National Science Foundation grant for research Nigeria, 1970-71〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/profile/100002522664 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horace Mitchell Miner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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