Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour Revised and Updated

Name: Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour Revised and Updated
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ISBN: 9781857886160

ISBN-10: 185788616X

ISBN-13: 9781857886160

Edition: 2014

Authors: Kate Fox

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Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English features a new foreword and fresh chapters on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak, the ironic-gnome rule, the reflex apology rule, the paranoid-pantomime rule, class anxiety tests, the money-talk taboo, and…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English