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The rituals of dinner : the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners / Margaret Visser.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Nueva York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1991Description: xiii, 432 páginas ; 24 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9780802111166
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BJ2041 V57 1991
Contents:
Introduction. -- Behaving. -- The Artificial Cannibal. -- Ritual. -- Feasting and Sacrifice. -- Learning to Behave. -- Bringing Children Up. -- Inhibitions. -- Aspirations. -- The Pleasure of Your Company. -- Company. -- Hosts and Guests. -- Invitations. -- Coming Right In. -- Taking Our Places. -- Dinner Is Served. -- The First Bite. -- Taking Note of Our Surroundings. -- The Prospect Before Us. -- Fingers. -- Chopsticks. -- Knives, Forks, Spoons. -- Sequence. -- Helpings. -- Carving. -- The Red, the White, and the Gold. -- Table Talk. -- Feeding, Feasts, and Females. -- All Gone. -- No Offence. -- Pollution. -- The Rules and Regulations of the Mouth. -- The Proprieties of Posture and Demeanour. -- Postscript: How Rude Are We?. -- References. -- Bibliography. -- Index.
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Libros Mediateca Bibliográfica BJ2041 V57 1991 Ej.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Ej.1 Checked out 08/04/2024 15644

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Introduction. -- Behaving. -- The Artificial Cannibal. -- Ritual. -- Feasting and Sacrifice. -- Learning to Behave. -- Bringing Children Up. -- Inhibitions. -- Aspirations. -- The Pleasure of Your Company. -- Company. -- Hosts and Guests. -- Invitations. -- Coming Right In. -- Taking Our Places. -- Dinner Is Served. -- The First Bite. -- Taking Note of Our Surroundings. -- The Prospect Before Us. -- Fingers. -- Chopsticks. -- Knives, Forks, Spoons. -- Sequence. -- Helpings. -- Carving. -- The Red, the White, and the Gold. -- Table Talk. -- Feeding, Feasts, and Females. -- All Gone. -- No Offence. -- Pollution. -- The Rules and Regulations of the Mouth. -- The Proprieties of Posture and Demeanour. -- Postscript: How Rude Are We?. -- References. -- Bibliography. -- Index.

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