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Loading... Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour (2004)by Kate Fox
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"Social dis-ease", she decides, is the "central core of Englishness". She holds this congenital awkwardness responsible for everything from our "obsession with privacy" to our celebrated courtesy, famous reserve and infinite capacity for embarrassment. "We do everything in moderation," she believes. Fox's curiosity about English behaviour, which she attempts to reduce, in this prodigously long investigation, into key constituent parts, is matched only by her regret that we are not a more free and easy nationality.
Anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)390.0941Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Customs and folklore Customs; Costumes; Folklore Biography; History by Place Europe British Isles -- Ireland & ScotlandLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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