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Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World - Hardcover

Lundmark, Torbjörn

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9780521117548: Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521117542 ISBN 13: 9780521117548
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

We do it over and over again, day after day, and never seem to get enough of it. Albanians do it. Zulus do it. Movie stars and plumbers do it. All around the world, people say hi and bye in innumerable languages and countless ways: they wave and bow and curtsey and shake hands and rub noses and fist-bump and mwah-mwah and perform a vast array of greeting and farewell rituals, so common and natural that no-one stops to notice … Tales of Hi and Bye provides a delightful, witty, and intriguing insight into the sometimes strange and often wonderful customs associated with an ordinary, everyday event. For more information, book extracts and cartoons visit www.talesofhiandbye.com

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About the Author

Torbjörn Lundmark (known as TL) was born in Sweden and has called Australia home since 1978. He works as a professional writer, illustrator and cartoonist, and is the author of several books, including Quirky Qwerty: The Story of the Keyboard at Your Fingertips.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521117542
ISBN 13 
9780521117548
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
262
Rating
  • 3.53 out of 5 stars
    17 ratings by Goodreads