Watching the English The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
1st US Edition
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A runaway bestseller in the UK,Watching the Englishis now available in the U.S. for the first time! Witty and wise, Kate Fox reveals the quirks, habits, and foibles of the English people. Putting the national character under her microscope, Fox explores this strange and fascinating culture, governed by a complex set of unspoken rules and a bizarre code of conduct. Through anthropological analysis and a series of unorthodox experiments (often using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig), Fox discovers what these unwritten codes tell us about Englishness: the rules of weather-speak, the ironic-gnome rule, the reflex apology rule, the paranoid-pantomime rule, class anxiety tests, and the money-talk taboo, among others.Watching the Englishis a biting, affectionate, insightful, and often hilarious look at English society.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781857885088 |
Publisher: | Nicholas Brealey Publishing |
Imprint: | Nicholas Brealey America |
Pub date: | 02 Apr 2008 |
Edition: | 1st US Edition |
DEWEY: | 390.0941 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 440 |
Weight: | 386g |
Height: | 196mm |
Width: | 124mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |