DISMANTLING MANTELPIECES
In the age of central heating, why do we have mantelpieces and what do we put on them?Ìý
From clocks to collar studs, Rachel Hurdley talks to Laurie Taylor about her study of what is to be found above the fireplace and the reasons why the mantelpiece isÌýstill an important feature in our houses.
THE RULES OF ENGLISH BEHAVIOUR
Social Dis-ease, Humour and Eeyorishness- the social anthropologist Kate Fox spent ten years tracking down the traits that define the English.Ìý She tells Laurie about queue jumping, eavesdropping and bumping into people in the name of research.
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Rachel Hurdley
Research Student at the
Dismantling Mantelpieces
ESRC funded PhD Project by Rachel Hurdley
Social anthropologist, co-director of the in Oxford and a Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Research.
Institute For Cultural Research
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Watching the English: the Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Hodder & Stoughton General
ISBN 0340818859
Pubwatching with Desmond Morris
Sutton Publishing
ISBN 0750905328
Passport to the Pub: The Tourist’s Guide to Pub Etiquette
The Do-Not Press
ISBN 1899344098
The Racing Tribe: Watching the Horsewatchers
Metro Publishing Ltd
ISBN 1843580063
Drinking and Public Disorder
Peter Marsh and Kate Fox
Portman Group
ISBN 0951876201
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