Etiquette : reflections on contemporary comportment / edited by Ron Scapp, Brian Seitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scapp, Ron, 1955-

Seitz, Brian, 1954-

Series:

SUNY series, hot topics.

SUNY series, hot topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Etiquette.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 p.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brings etiquette into dialogue with ethics.

Contents:

Intro

Etiquette

Contents

INTRODUCTION: On Being Becoming

1. Aristotle's Aesthetiquette

2. The Art of the Dis: Hip-Hop's Battle Royale

3. Gay Etiquette: A Brief Consideration

4. The Breathing Breach of Etiquette

5. The Etiquette of Adoption

6. Impolitics: Toward A Resistant Comportment

7. Coldness and Civility

8. Eating Dogs and Women: Abject Rules of Etiquette in 301/302

9. The Taciturn Tongue: On Silence

10. Handy Etiquette

11. Murder So Bland: The Implosion of Disetiquette

12. Branded from the Start: The Paradox of (the) American(Novel of ) Manners

13. "Make Yourself Useful!"

14. The American Guest

15. A Place Where the Soul Can Rest

16. Slurping Soda,Twirling Spaghetti: Etiquette, Fascism, and Pleasure

17. Make It Look Easy: Thoughts on Social Grace

18. Etiquette and Missile Defense

19. Odysseus Lies

20. Take Clothes, For Example

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791480915

0791480917

9781429427760

1429427760

OCLC:

78211796