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The Rituals of Dinner

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An edition of The rituals of dinner (1991)

The Rituals of Dinner

Visser, Margaret

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This book is a commentary on the manifold meanings of the rituals of dinner; it is about how we eat, and why we eat as we do. We insist on special places and times for eating, on specific equipment, on stylized decoration, on predictable sequence among the foods eaten, on limitation of movement, and on bodily propriety. In other words, we turn the consumption of food, a biological necessity, into a carefully cultured phenomenon. - Introduction.

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Language
English
Pages
448

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Subjects

Food habits, Histoire, History, Savoir-vivre, Table, Table etiquette, Tafelmanieren, Eating customs, Ess- und Trinksitte, Geschichte, Tischmanieren, Etiquette, New York Times reviewed, Eetgewoonten, Dinners and dining, Manners and customs, Food, Social aspects

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The rituals of dinner: the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners
2000, HarperPerennial Canada
in English - 1st HarperPerennial Canada ed.
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The rituals of dinner: the origins, evolution, eccentricities,and meaning of table manners
1993, Penguin
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The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret
July 1, 1992, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The rituals of dinner: the origins, evolution, eccentricities, and meaning of table manners
1991, Grove Weidenfeld, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English - 1st American ed.
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First Sentence

"Table manners are as old as human society itself, the reason being that no human society can exist without them."

Table of Contents

Introduction
Behaving
Learning to behave
The pleasure of your company
Dinner is served
No offence
Postscript : How rude are we?

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The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiii, 432 p.
Number of pages
448
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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OL7349257M
ISBN 10
0140170790
ISBN 13
9780140170795
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272572
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696667

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Table manners are as old as human society itself, the reason being that no human society can exist without them.
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