Mark Caldwell

A Short History of Rudeness (eBook, ePUB)

Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A funny and provocative cultural history of class, manners, and the decline of civility

In his smart and thought provoking new book, literary/social critic Mark Caldwell gives us a history of the demise of manners and charts the progress of an epidemic of rudeness in America. The breakdown of civility has in recent years become a national obsession, and our modern climate of boorishness has cultivated a host of etiquette watchdogs, like Miss Manners and Martha Stewart, with which we defend ourselves against an onslaught of nastiness. But Caldwell demonstrates that the foundations of etiquette actually began to corrode several centuries ago with the blurring of class lines. Touching on aspects of both our public and private lives, including work, family, and sex, A Short History of Rudeness examines how the rules of our behaviour have changed and explains why, no matter how hard we try, we can never return to a golden era of manners and mores.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Picador
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466889644
• Artikelnr.: 42136327

Autorenporträt

Mark Caldwell

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part One-Public Life
Chapter 1
Colonel Mann and Mrs. Post:
Manners, Morals, and Class in Modern America 15
Chapter 2
Manners in Motion:
The Rise of Mobility and the Breakdown of Public Behavior 46
Chapter 3
Manners from Nine to Five:
Etiquette and Power in the American Workplace 69
Chapter 4
Bride, Groom, and Corpse:
Rituals and Rites of Passage 93
Chapter 5
Virtual Rudeness:
Mass Media, Mass Communications, Mass Mannerlessness 119
Part Two-Private Life
Chapter 6
Mr. Bok and Martha:
The Triumph of Lifestyle 147
Chapter 7
The Lady in the Boutique and the Man in the G-String:
Etiquette, Race, and Gender 168
Chapter 8
From Jean-Jacques to Dr. Spock:
Parents, Children, and Discipline 188
Chapter 9
Co-Ed Naked Neo-Victorianism:
Manners and Sex in the Nineties 212
Epilogue
Manners for the Millennium 237
Notes 245
Index 265