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How to Be - by Harriette Cole (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use.
  • About the Author: Harriette Cole is the author of Jumping the Broom: The African-American Wedding Planner; the Jumping the Broom Wedding Workbook; How to Be: Contemporary Etiquette for African Americans; Coming Together: Celebrations for African American Families; and Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life.
  • 528 Pages
  • Social Science, Ethnic Studies

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About the Book



The author of the bestselling "Jumping the Broom" offers frank advice in this lively guide to contemporary conduct, deftly combining the traditions and wisdom of the African-American community with mainstream manners.



Book Synopsis



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 the black community. She offers guidance drawn from the tried-and-true experience and wisdom of 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



From the Back Cover



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 Quotes




Ebony An innovative primer....[It] goes beyond the basics to explain how and why these traditions exist in Black America.

Michael J. Rochon The Philadelphia Tribune Stunning....The essential combination of sound advice and an even sounder advice giver.



About the Author



Harriette Cole is the author of Jumping the Broom: The African-American Wedding Planner; the Jumping the Broom Wedding Workbook; How to Be: Contemporary Etiquette for African Americans; Coming Together: Celebrations for African American Families; and Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life. She is the owner of profundities, inc., a life-coaching and image development production company, where she has worked with stars such as platinum-selling recording artists Alicia Keys, Erykah Badu, and Mary J. Blige. She lives in Harlem in New York City with her family.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 6.04 Inches (W) x 1.32 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.46 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 528
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Ethnic Studies
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Theme: African American Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Harriette Cole
Language: English
Street Date: February 2, 2000
TCIN: 1001763358
UPC: 9780684863085
Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-9797
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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