Jag är inte medveten om något exakt som det du beskriver, men det låter som det Body Ritual Among the Nacirema av Horace Miner: En antropologins satiri som specifikt beskriver amerikan (spell" Nacirema "bakåt) -kultur i antropologiska pappersstilar (Miner var en antropolog själv). Huvudskillnaden är att det inte handlar om människor i allmänhet genom främmande ögon. Det handlar mer om hur något kan beskrivas på ett sätt som gör att det verkar konstigt eller magiskt, om du inte har kulturens fulla sammanhang.
En paragraf från boken, särskilt om tandläkare:
In the hierarchy of magical practitioners, and below the medicine men in prestige, are specialists whose designation is best translated as "holy-mouth-men." The Nacirema have an almost pathological horror of and fascination with the mouth, the condition of which is believed to have a supernatural influence on all social relationships. Were it not for the rituals of the mouth, they believe that their teeth would fall out, their gums bleed, their jaws shrink, their friends desert them, and their lovers reject them. They also believe that a strong relationship exists between oral and moral characteristics. For example, there is a ritual ablution of the mouth for children which is supposed to improve their moral fiber.