ISBN:
9780252098550
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0252098552
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0252040295
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9780252040290
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0252081749
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9780252081743
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Flammang, Janet A Table talk
DDC:
394.120973
Keywords:
Food habits History
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United States
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Civil society United States
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Civil society
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Food habits History
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Food habits History
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Civil society
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SOCIAL SCIENCE/Agriculture & Food
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SOCIAL SCIENCE/Customs & Traditions
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Civics & Citizenship
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Civil society
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Food habits
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Manners and customs
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History
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United States Social life and customs
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1971-
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United States
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United States Social life and customs 1971-
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United States Social life and customs 1971-
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United States
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Etiquette books insist that we never discuss politics during a meal. Janet A. Flammang provides a polite rebuttal, presenting vivid firsthand accounts of people's lives at the table to show how mealtimes can teach us the conversational give-and-take foundational to democracy
Abstract:
Setting the Table -- Table Reservations -- Family Table Talk as Language Socialization -- Family Table Talk as Hard Work -- American Mealtimes -- Overworked Americans -- Common Tables -- Stories and Food -- Conversations and Narratives -- Studying Conversations -- Learning the Art of Conversation -- Table Narratives -- Tables at Home -- Domesticity -- Kitchen Talk -- Family Meals -- Generations at the Table -- Kids Cooking -- Table Manners -- Talking about Your Day -- Training Tables -- Dinner Parties -- Express Yourself -- Transition Tables -- Tables Away from Home -- School Tables -- Camp Conversations -- College Tables -- Religious Tables -- Male Tables -- Addiction Recovery -- Homies Dinners -- Military Meals -- Tables and Conflict -- Difficult Conversations -- Cultural Differences at the Table -- Dispute Mediation Tables -- Deep Divides at the Table -- Cooking for Racial Equality -- Conflict Kitchen in Pittsburgh -- Civic Engagement and Diplomacy -- Community Building -- Adolescent Civic Engagement -- Political Discussions -- Conversations and Civility -- Congresswomen and Civility -- State Department Culinary Diplomacy -- Presidential Barbecue Diplomacy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index. - Print version record
