From the author of "Much Depends on Dinner" and "The Rituals of Dinner" comes a collection of essays in which Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life", analyzes the patterns of modern living. She taps into our very modern fascination with our origins, eccentricities, and foibles: what constitutes an initiation rite in our society?; why are we so squeamish about eating offal?; what are we to make of the Easter Bunny (a male rodent that produces eggs)?; and what are the unsavoury implications of Santa Claus? ...
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From the author of "Much Depends on Dinner" and "The Rituals of Dinner" comes a collection of essays in which Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life", analyzes the patterns of modern living. She taps into our very modern fascination with our origins, eccentricities, and foibles: what constitutes an initiation rite in our society?; why are we so squeamish about eating offal?; what are we to make of the Easter Bunny (a male rodent that produces eggs)?; and what are the unsavoury implications of Santa Claus? Each one of a wide variety of ordinary objects and typical behavioural habits is made to yield up its evidence about our society, and how we developed in this way. Visser leaves us with a portrait of ourselves, and forces us to think about what exactly it means to be modern.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0002554194. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Collection of essays from the author of "The Rituals of Dinner". Few crinkles in d/j at top/spine.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
Add this copy of The Way We Are to cart. $18.99, very good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1994 by HarperCollins.
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Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0002554194. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Wearing on edges, creased corner of d/j. Faint stains on cover.; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.3 inches; 306 pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. pp.306 plus index. clean tight copy some bumping to top corners, minuscule edge and corner wear to d/j Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book Complete number line from 1 to 10; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author (CAD) First Edition INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, about Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket in malar sleeve. White bds, black spine, xxii, 314pp, index. A collection of insightful essays from the author of THE RITUALS OF DINNER: restaurant menus, bathing suits, offal, Santa Claus. (1.6 JM HOQ 100/c4.