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Title: One Kiss or Two?: The Art and Science of Saying Hello: The Art and Science of Saying Hello
Author: SCOTT ANDY
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 23/04/2019
Imprint: ABRAMS
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
Every encounter begins with a greeting, and different cultures have
developed innumerable ways of showing pleasure at someone’s arrival.
Humans have been greeting each other for thousands of years, so it
should be the most straightforward thing in the world, but this
seemingly simple act is fraught with complications, leading to awkward
misunderstandings, intercultural fumblings, and social gaffes that can
potentially fracture relationships forever. Why is that? Why are
greetings so important? Is there a right and wrong way to say hello?
In his illuminating book One Kiss or Two?, Andy Scott-a
well-traveled former diplomat and no stranger to botched first contacts
himself-takes a closer look at what greetings are all about. In
examining how they have developed over human history, he uncovers a
kaleidoscopic world of etiquette, body-language, evolution,
neuroscience, anthropology, and history.
Through in-depth research and his personal experience, and with the
help of experts ranging from the world-famous primatologist Jane Goodall
to top sociologist Erving Goffman, Scott takes readers on a captivating
journey through a subject far richer than we might have expected. By
the end of it, we are able to make more sense of what lies behind
greetings-and what it means to be human in the modern, cross-cultural
age.
ISBN: 9781468316964
Weight: 300g
Pages: 320