Watching the English
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Watching the English by Kate Fox
Updated, with new research and over 100 revisionsTen years later, they're still talking about the weather Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English - which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of squaddies, bikers, horse-riders, and more.
Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.
Kate Fox is a social anthropologist and the co-director of the Oxford-based Social Issues Research Centre. Watching the English and Passport to the Pub are two of her books.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857885088 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857885082 |
| Title | Watching the English |
| Author | Kate Fox |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton General Division |
| Year published | 2008-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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