Guatemala - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Lisa Vaughn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2007 | New edition
Kuperard (Verlag)
978-1-85733-348-0 (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.

Lisa Vaughn is an American social psychologist. While gaining her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati, she trained in group interaction and relationships, organizational development, teacher-learning processes, and women's studies. Applying these disciplines to cultural studies especially with Latino populations she developed and led university study abroad programs to Guatemala from 2001 to 2005. She has lived and traveled in Guatemala for extended periods over the last six years, and has adopted a Guatemalan Mayan son. She is currently Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.6.2007
Reihe/Serie	Culture Smart!
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 169 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► Guatemala
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-85733-348-9 / 1857333489
ISBN-13	978-1-85733-348-0 / 9781857333480
Zustand	Neuware