ISBN:
9780393079098
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (705 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
395
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move.
Abstract:
Intro -- ALSO BY JUDITH MARTIN -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Some Thoughts on the Impulse Rude and the Mannerly Way of Life -- Gentle Readers Wrestle with Philosophical Problems Arising from the Great Study of Manners -- On Manners and Morals -- 2. BIRTH -- Prebirth Manners for Parents and Others -- Showers -- Announcements -- Names -- Baptisms and Circumcisions -- Social Life Begins -- Social Life Resumes -- 3. BASIC CIVILIZATION -- CONCERNING CHILDREN -- Manners toward Children -- Manners for Children -- Children's Social Events -- COMMON COURTESY FOR ALL AGES -- Introductions and Greetings -- Handshakes, Kisses and Other Introductory Gestures -- Saying No: Silence as a Social Skill -- Common Annoyances -- Relations between the Genders -- The Virtuous Life in Wicked Cities -- Transportation -- TABLE MANNERS -- Methods -- Family Dinner -- Manners for Particular (and Ornery) Foods -- SOCIAL INTERCOURSE -- Vocabulary -- Conversing (Rather than Communicating) -- Conversational Hazards -- ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION (PERSONAL) -- The Domestic Telephone -- The Itinerant Telephone -- The Internet -- FAMILY RELATIONS -- Family Crises -- VISITING -- HOUSEGUESTS -- House-Sitting -- UNPLEASANT FACTS OF LIFE -- Major and Minor Illnesses -- Messy Emotions and Minor Emotional Distress -- Disgusting Habits -- Citizen Participation -- 4. RITES DE PASSAGE -- BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS, COMMUNIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS -- GRADUATIONS AND REUNIONS -- DEBUTS AND DANCES -- COURTSHIP -- Love Problems (from Bad to Worse) -- Breaking Up -- 5. MARRIAGE (FOR BEGINNERS) -- ENGAGEMENTS -- FAMILIES AND FRIENDS -- The Bride's Family -- The Bridegroom's Family -- New Family Nomenclature -- The Attendants -- WEDDINGS -- Invitations and Responses -- Announcements -- Wedding Clothes -- Wedding Procedure.
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