Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

Fox, Kate

ISBN 10: 0340818859 / ISBN 13: 9780340818855

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2004

About this Item

Fine/Near fine.Hodder and Stoughton,2004.First UK edition-4th printing(5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Brown hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(two creases and small nicks on the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages as new with two small ink marks on the outer edges,small nick and crease on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.425pp including Bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340818859
• ISBN 13: 9780340818855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-4th printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj cover as issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Society, Politics & Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

In Watching The English anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks and habits of the English people. From the most famous national traits through to the most bizarre reflex reactions, she holds a mirror up to the English national character and finds a complex tribe, riddled with unspoken rules and unique codes of behaviour. Watching The English covers drinking, eating, shopping, driving, flirting, fighting, apologising and many more - all the things that make up a country world-renowned for its quirkiness. Through a mixture of anthropological analysis, observation and her own unusual experiments, Kate Fox shows how the peculiar idea of 'Englishness' has shaped itself over the years. Watching The English is written with an insider's knowledge but from an outsider's perspective. Combining anthropology with a dry wit and a writer's eye for detail, the behaviour of the English will never look the same again.

About the Author

Kate Fox, a social anthropologist, is co-Director of the Social Issues Research Centre in Oxford, where she has worked on a number of projects with Desmond Morris and Peter North. Her work has included research, publications and broadcasts on many aspects of human behaviour including social aspects of drinking, flirting, body image, pub behaviour, gossip and violence. She is also a respected international consultant on the prevention and management of violence. She is frequently in the media as a commentator on numerous aspects of social anthropology.