Multicultural Manners

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-471-68428-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Wiley

Both highly informative and entertaining, Multicultural Manners gives readers the understanding they need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. This incisive and award-winning guide to etiquette features completely updated etiquette guidelines with special emphasis on post–September 11 culture clashes as well as a brand-new section that demystifies unfamiliar cultures in the news. Norine Dresser identifies key cross-cultural hot spots and suggests methods that foster respect for diversity. Readers will discover the dos and don’ts of successful business and social interaction, detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment in a variety of social settings, amusing firsthand accounts of cultural gaffes, a breakdown of customs, religions, languages, and ethnicities for seventy different countries, and appropriate etiquette for innumerable settings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dresser, Norine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

1 The New Rules of Communication Body Language 11

Child-Rearing Practices 29

Classroom Behavior 37

Clothing and Jewelry 51

Colors 63

Foodways 71

Gifts 91

Health Practices 101

Holidays 115

Luck and Supernatural Forces 123

Male/Female Relations and Gender Issues 141

Miscellany 151

Prejudice 167

Time 177

Verbal Expressions 183

2 Clearing Cultural Confusions A Quick Reference Guide 201

Map 202

Africans 204

Asians 216

South Asians 220

Southeast Asians 226

The Balkans 233

Independent Members of the Former USSR 238

Middle Easterners 249

Bibliography 259

Index 271

Über Autor(innen)

NORINE DRESSER is a professional consultant, speaker, folklorist, and educator. From 1993 to 2001, she wrote the award-winning “Multicultural Manners” column for the Los Angeles Times. Dresser has been interviewed on the Voice of America and numerous other radio and TV shows.