{"product_id":"watching-the-english-9781444785203","title":"Watching the English","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant and hilarious'' GRAYSON PERRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely brilliant'' JENNIFER SAUNDERS, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A delightful read'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An entertaining, clever book'' \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe international bestseller and unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever been unable to explain the idiosyncrasies of English humour, bizarre mobile-phone etiquette, or the endless obsession with class? In this classic bestselling book, social anthropologist Kate Fox puts a nation under a microscope. The result is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English in all our glory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive field-research, experiments and observations, Fox deciphers a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behaviour. She uncovers the roots of English self-mockery and demystifies peculiar cultural f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eabsolutely brilliant examination of English culture\u003c\/b\u003e and how foreigners take as complete mystery the things we take for granted. -- Jennifer Saunders * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eShe has not only compiled a comprehensive list of English qualities, she has examined them in depth and wondered how we came to acquire them. Her book is\u003cb\u003e a delightful read\u003c\/b\u003e. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eI loved the section on mobile-phone etiquette. Shrewd...I liked the chapter on English humour. This is an \u003cb\u003eentertaining, clever \u003c\/b\u003ebook. Do read it and then pass it on. * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eKate Fox's brilliant idea is to treat the British as another tribe...where she's particularly astute is in examining the exact pattern of clichés. Any study of the English must cover our class obsession, and Fox deals with the subject thoroughly. * Harry Mount, author of How England Made the English *\u003cbr\u003eIf you like this kind of anthropology (and I do) there is\u003cb\u003e a wealth of it to enjoy\u003c\/b\u003e in this book. Her observations are acute... fortunately she doesn't write like an anthropologist but like an English woman - with amusement, not solemnity, able to laugh at herself as well as us. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant and hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e -- Grayson Perry\u003cbr\u003eI read it cover to cover in a few days . . . very \u003cb\u003esharp and witty\u003c\/b\u003e prose. It really is funny - the sort of humour that \u003cb\u003emakes you laugh out loud on your own!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Martin Parr * Vice *\u003cbr\u003eShe is the only popular UK anthropologist of substance since the 1970s. -- Jeremy MacClancy, Professor of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University\u003cbr\u003eShe's a witty and eloquent writer whose accessible book reads as a scholarly classification of our shared codes of behaviour and an affectionate homage to our foibles. * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eIt is consistently the most popular text I teach, not only because it's a\u003cb\u003e hilarious page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e but also because Fox offers truly insightful glimpses into what a sophisticated anthropological mindset can reveal about human cultural life . . . \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatching the English \u003c\/i\u003eembodies the anthropological credo of making the strange familiar and the familiar strange\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Bianca Dahl, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885655732567,"sku":"9781444785203","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/watching-the-english-9781444785203","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}