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2016
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(2016): Etiquette Books, Discourse and the Deployment of an Order of Things. In: Theory, Culture & Society 16 (4), S. 25-48. DOI: 10.1177/02632769922050700
Abstract: Grounded on Foucault's suggestion that discourses are not just referential or representational systems, but part of the infrastructure ordering practices in a society, this article analyzes transformations in the etiquette literature in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. It claims that the transformations undergone by etiquette books at the time involved not only a change in the substance of manners but also in their format, and it shows how this change in format embodied and helped deploy an infrastructure of social relations constituted by a logic of decenteredness, as opposed to a logic of centeredness. The article discusses both the theoretical issues raised by the concept of an infrastructure of social relations and methodological points concerning the use of etiquette books for social research, and raises some analytical questions regarding our understanding of American history at the time, as well as our more general conceptions of modernity and postmodernity. In order to reinforce its general argument concerning the embeddedness of an infrastructure of social relations in discourse, and to help clarify the idea of a logic of decenteredness, the article also illustrates how etiquette books from a much earlier period embodied and deployed a logic of centeredness.
2015
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(2015): The Decline in Shared Collective Conscience as Found in the Shifting Norms and Values of Etiquette Manuals. In: Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 45 (3), S. 352-376. DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12071
2014
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(2014): The Puffery and Practicality of Etiquette Books. A New Take on Victorian Information Culture. In: Library Trends 62 (3), S. 663-680. DOI: 10.1353/lib.2014.0011
2011
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(2011): Emotional Reflexivity in Contemporary Friendships. Understanding it Using Elias and Facebook Etiquette. In: Sociological Research Online 16 (1), S. 1-12. DOI: 10.5153/sro.2292
Abstract: The popular social networking site Facebook has become a part of millions of people's everyday lives. In order to help people navigate the friendships they form and maintain on Facebook there are many websites offering advice about etiquette. This advice, and responses to it, can help reveal how contemporary emotional expression is organised, especially as it relates to friendship. This paper critically adapts the approach of other sociologists such as Norbert Elias, and Cas Wouters who have used etiquette and advice books to explore social changes in emotionality. Using online advice about Facebook etiquette, it is argued that there is uncertainty about the degree of emotional closeness appropriate for friendships in contemporary life, especially where there are status differences. It is difficult to know how to feel and how to behave within the relational complexity of contemporary life. In particular, expanded definitions of friendship form part of this complexity which promotes and requires an 'emotionalisation of reflexivity'.
Keywords: book on etiquette, Disziplin, Elias, Etikette, Etikette als Herrschaftssicherung, Facebook, Favoriten, Freundschaft, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Modelle/Theorien, Ratgeber, Reputation, Ruf, Status, Soziale Angemessenheit, Sozialer Wandel der Emotionalität, Soziologie, Spannungsfeld von Freundschaft und Statusunterschieden, Technik 2009
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(2009): The Yardstick of Manners. In: Society 46 (4), S. 363-367. DOI: 10.1007/s12115-009-9223-8
Abstract: The interdependence of etiquette consumers and producers makes the contemporary etiquette guide a book of rules informed by realism rather than one etched from the behavior of the comfortable. While the acquisition of good manners facilitates comfort and mobility, the yardstick of behavior, like the measure of standard language, evolves with the times and thus is never a mere instrument of conformity.
2007
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(2007): Guide to Business Etiquette [Book review; Cook, R.A. et al.; 2005]. In: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 50 (3), S. 266-267. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.902671
Abstract: [book review] Abstract of the reviewed publication: Designed to answer specific etiquette questions for the busy professional, this book will become your best quick reference resource for answers on how to deal with new situations and with answers to recurring etiquette questions. Readers will learn poise, build confidence, and appear professional by using the essential information in this book and by learning from the practical examples of important etiquette practices in today's changing work environment. Topics include: first impressions; business relationships; communications; business dining and event etiquette; successful meetings; and cross-cultural etiquette. A necessary handbook for anyone in business who wants to avoid etiquette pitfalls.
2000
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(2000): The global etiquette guide to Europe. Everything you need to know for business and travel success. New York: John Wiley (The global etiquette series)
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