Bolivia [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Richards, Keith John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 185733485X ISBN 13: 9781857334852

Casa editrice: Kuperard Pub, 2009

Riassunto

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include: * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * dos, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken

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Informazioni sull'autore

KEITH JOHN RICHARDS was born in London in 1953.He has lived in Italy, Peru, Costa Rica, and the United States, as well as Bolivia. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from King s College, University of London, for a thesis on the Bolivian novelist and historian Néstor Taboada Terán, which was published in 1999 as Lo imaginario mestizo (The Mestizo Imaginary). His critical bilingual anthology, Narrative from Tropical Bolivia, was published in 2004. Keith Richards has taught Latin American film, literature, and popular culture at universities in Britain, the USA, and Bolivia. He has published widely on all these subjects and co-organized Latin American film symposia and festivals at the universities of Leeds (UK) and Richmond (Virginia). He has lived in La Paz, Bolivia, since 2005 and divides his time between teaching at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and writing; he is currently preparing a book on Latin American cinema.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kuperard Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 185733485X
• ISBN 13: 9781857334852
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 168
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Germania