Multicultural manners : new rules of etiquette for a changing society / Norine Dresser

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1996Description: xviii, 285 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 471118192
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BJ 1838 .D74 1996
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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