ISBN:
0-471-11819-2
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 285 Seiten ;
,
23 cm.
DDC:
395
Keywords:
Etiquette / United States
;
Multiculturalism / United States
;
Etiquette
;
Multiculturalism
;
United States
;
USA
;
Ratgeber
Abstract:
Discover the answers in this incisive guide to etiquette for today's multicultural society. This informative and entertaining book gives you the understanding you need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations: the do's and don'ts of successful business and social interaction with people from different cultures; appropriate etiquette involving body language, food, child rearing, clothing, word choices, colors, entertaining, romance, and gift giving; detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment at work, in the classroom, at meals, and at weddings and funerals; and important rules and traditions in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant churches; in Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform synagogues; in Buddhist and Hindu temples; and more
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index
Description / Table of Contents:
The new rules of communication -- Body language -- Child-rearing practices -- Classroom behavior -- Clothing -- Colors -- Foodways -- Gifts -- Luck and supernatural forces -- Male/female relations -- Miscellany -- Prejudice -- Time -- Verbal expressions -- Rules for holidays and worship -- At New Year's celebrations -- On other ethnic holidays -- At places of worship -- Multicultural health practices: remedies and rituals -- Asian Pacific -- Caribbean -- European -- Latin American -- Muslim -- Appendix of Southeast Asian refugees
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