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The way we are / Margaret Visser.

Summary:

This marvellous collection of over 60 pithy essays inspired by Visser's column in Saturday Night magazine explores the cultural significance of everyday objects and phenomena such as jelly, high heels, beards, the colour red, tap-dancing and the Easter Bunny.

From the celebrated author of The Rituals of Dinner and Much Depends on Dinner comes a new collection of witty and insightful essays. In The Way We Are Margaret Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life," identifies and dissects the whos, whats, whys, and wherefores of how we live.

Record details

ISBN: 9781443403719 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1443403717 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Canada, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Yes, But What Does It Mean? -- Heavenly Hostesses -- Initiations -- Awful Offal -- Sunstruck -- Conspicuous Competence -- Talking Turkey -- No, Virginia -- High Heels -- Baked Beans: An Apotheosis -- In Flagrante Delicto -- Tips of the Slongue -- Greetings -- Beards -- Avocados -- Tipping -- Vacations -- English Spelling; Or Would You Like to Be Phtheighchound for a Ghoti? -- Umbrellas -- Parades: Taking Over the Street -- Blush, Cringe, Fidget -- Bells -- The February Feast -- Caviar -- The Professionals -- The Left Hand -- Wedding Cake -- Taking a Shower -- Crossword Puzzles -- Sitting Pretty -- Gloves -- The Fireplace -- Great Expectorations -- Wigs -- Knitting -- Sour Grapes -- Swimsuits -- Menus -- Wearing Blue -- Uncivilized to Contemplate -- Santa Claus's Significant Other -- Stripes -- The Easter Bunny -- "I Mean, You Know, Like..." -- Vinegar and the Search for Sour -- Mahogany -- The Joy of Jelly -- Synaesthesia
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, February 3, 2014).