Colombia - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Kate Cathey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2019 | Revised edition
Kuperard (Verlag)
978-1-85733-886-7 (ISBN)

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Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Kate Cathey is a writer and anthropologist. Born in the USA, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where she studied Art History, and later graduated with a BA in World Arts and Cultures, concentration in Anthropology, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Since then, she has traveled extensively in Latin America, researching and writing about regional cultural and culinary traditions. She has lived in Mexico City, where she attended and wrote about small-town fiestas, ferias, and festivals throughout the country, and studied indigenous gastronomy and ritual at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. In 2009 Kate moved to Bogota, Colombia where she continued these pursuits. She also directed cultural travel programs and was a regular contributor to Bogota's English-language newspaper, The City Paper.

Brief History Politics - Economic Life Traditions - Friendships & Family Relationships Bureaucracy Religion Humour - Local Holidays Taboos Invitations Gifts Dress - Business etiquette - Punctuality & Appointments - Team working Communication Negotiating - Women in Society Tips - Eating Out - Traditional Food - Dos and Don t - Making Friends

Erscheinungsdatum	09.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	Culture Smart!
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 169 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Südamerika
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reiseführer ► Südamerika ► Kolumbien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-85733-886-3 / 1857338863
ISBN-13	978-1-85733-886-7 / 9781857338867
Zustand	Neuware