Synopses & Reviews
REAL MANNERS FOR REAL LIFE Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use. Good manners are the rules that let us find our way in today's rapidly changing maze of lifestyles, customs, and relationships. Anyone who doesn't know these rules is living and working at a real disadvantage.
In How to Be, noted author and editor Harriette Cole treats manners as a resource for the empowerment of people of African descent. She offers guidance drawn from the tried-and-true experience and wisdom of our African-American elders, as well as from European mainstream traditions in many areas of life, including:
Family -- immediate, extended, and blended
New codes of dating, love, and sex
Entertaining family, friends, and coworkers in both casual and formal settings
Workplace issues -- from how to resign to what to wear on casual Fridays
Rites of passage, including weddings and funerals
Holiday celebrations like Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Juneteenth and much more
Review
Michael J. Rochon The Philadelphia Tribune Stunning....The essential combination of sound advice and an even sounder advice giver.
Review
Ebony An innovative primer....[It] goes beyond the basics to explain how and why these traditions exist in Black America.
Synopsis
REAL MANNERS FOR REAL LIFE
Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use. Good manners are the rules that let us find our way in today's rapidly changing maze of lifestyles, customs, and relationships. Anyone who doesn't know these rules is living and working at a real disadvantage.
In How to Be, noted author and editor Harriette Cole treats manners as a resource for the empowerment of people of African descent. She offers guidance drawn from the tried-and-true experience and wisdom of our African-American elders, as well as from European mainstream traditions in many areas of life, including:
FAMILY -- IMMEDIATE, EXTENDED, AND BLENDED
NEW CODES OF DATING, LOVE, AND SEX
ENTERTAINING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS IN BOTH CASUAL AND FORMAL SETTINGS
WORKPLACE ISSUES -- FROM HOW TO RESIGN TO WHAT TO WEAR ON CASUAL FRIDAYS
RITES OF PASSAGE, INCLUDING WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS LIKE CHRISTMAS, KWANZAA, AND JUNETEENTH AND MUCH MORE
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-504) and index.
About the Author
Harriette Cole is the author of Jumping the Broom: The African-American Wedding Planner and Jumping the Broom Wedding Workbook. She spent eleven years at Essence magazine working as both fashion and lifestyle editor before founding profundities, inc., an image development and production company. She lives in Harlem in New York City with her husband, George Chinsee.
Table of Contents
ContentsDedication
Invocation
Introduction
Codes of Conduct
Your Spiritual Life
We Are Family
To Be Young
The Dance of Dating
Mirror, Mirror
What You Say?
Beyond Your Doorstep
When You Travel
Breaking Bread
Gifting and Giving Thanks
On the Job
The Almighty Dollar
Political Is Correct
Postscript
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
The Creative Team