{"product_id":"multicultural-manners-isbn-9780471684282","title":"Multicultural Manners","description":"Both highly informative and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eMulticultural Manners\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers the understanding they need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. This incisive and award-winning guide to etiquette 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. Readers will discover the dos and don’ts of successful business and social interaction, detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment in a variety of social settings, amusing firsthand accounts of cultural gaffes, a breakdown of customs, religions, languages, and ethnicities for seventy different countries, and appropriate etiquette for innumerable settings. Acknowledgments xvii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The New Rules of Communication Body Language 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChild-Rearing Practices 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassroom Behavior 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClothing and Jewelry 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColors 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoodways 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGifts 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Practices 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolidays 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLuck and Supernatural Forces 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMale\/Female Relations and Gender Issues 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiscellany 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrejudice 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerbal Expressions 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Clearing Cultural Confusions A Quick Reference Guide 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfricans 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsians 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth Asians 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoutheast Asians 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Balkans 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependent Members of the Former USSR 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiddle Easterners 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNORINE DRESSER\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional consultant, speaker, folklorist, and educator. From 1993 to 2001, she wrote the award-winning “Multicultural Manners” column for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Dresser has been interviewed on the Voice of America and numerous other radio and TV shows.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour friend’s mother-in-law is visiting from Korea. When greeting her, do you bow, shake hands, or kiss her on both cheeks? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The meeting with his international customers is going well for the corporate president—until he gives the thumbs-up sign. Why?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover 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, \u003ci\u003eMulticultural Manners\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. 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