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Informationen zum Autor NORINE DRESSER is a professional consultant, speaker, folklorist, and educator. From 1993 to 2001, she wrote the award-winning "Multicultural Manners" column for the Los Angeles Times . Dresser has been interviewed on the Voice of America and numerous other radio and TV shows. Klappentext Your friend's mother-in-law is visiting from Korea. When greeting her, do you bow, shake hands, or kiss her on both cheeks? The meeting with his international customers is going well for the corporate president--until he gives the thumbs-up sign. Why? You welcome your new neighbors with a bouquet of your prizewinning daffodils. Yet your beautiful yellow blossoms are met with looks of shock and horror. Why? Discover the answers in this incisive, award-winning guide to etiquette, now thoroughly revised to reflect today's truly multicultural society. Both highly informative and entertaining, Multicultural Manners 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 book features completely updated etiquette guidelines with special emphasis on post-September 11 culture clashes as well as a brand-new section that demystifies unfamiliar cultures in the news. Norine Dresser identifies key cross-cultural hot spots and suggests methods that foster respect for diversity. You'll discover: The dos and don'ts of successful business and social interaction with people from different cultures Appropriate etiquette regarding body language, food, child rearing, clothing, word choices, colors, entertaining, romance, and gift giving Detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment at work, in the classroom, in health care settings, on business trips, at meals, at weddings, at funerals, and on vacations and holidays Amusing firsthand accounts of cultural gaffes that illustrate how miscues happen--and how to avoid them A breakdown of customs, religions, languages, and ethnicities for seventy different countries Zusammenfassung An incisive etiquette guide for today's multicultural society. This timely revision gives readers the understanding they need! the perfect words to say! and the correct behaviour to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1 The New Rules of Communication Body Language 11 Child-Rearing Practices 29 Classroom Behavior 37 Clothing and Jewelry 51 Colors 63 Foodways 71 Gifts 91 Health Practices 101 Holidays 115 Luck and Supernatural Forces 123 Male/Female Relations and Gender Issues 141 Miscellany 151 Prejudice 167 Time 177 Verbal Expressions 183 2 Clearing Cultural Confusions A Quick Reference Guide 201 Map 202 Africans 204 Asians 216 South Asians 220 Southeast Asians 226 The Balkans 233 Independent Members of the Former USSR 238 Middle Easterners 249 Bibliography 259 Index 271 ...
