Culture And Customs Of Spain

Author : Edward F. Stanton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313077290
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Spain is a revelation in this up-to-date overview. Stanton vibrantly describes the startling variety of landscape, people, and culture that make up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. Students of Spanish and a general audience will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called the very best country of all. Spain is a modern European nation, yet Spaniards are fiercely tied to their individual towns and regions—with their distinct social customs, dialects or languages, foods, landscape, and lifestyles—more than to a united country. Culture and Customs of Spain conveys the extremes, such as the hard-working Catalan contrasted to the leisurely paced Castilian, coexisting in first and third world conditions, and the love/hate relationship with the Catholic Church. Spain's institutions are described, and its contributions to the world—from unparalleled literature and cuisine to flamenco and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar—are celebrated. A chronology and glossary complement the text.

Author : Edward F. Stanton
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Spanish traditions, culture, religion, media, literature, and arts.

Author : Culture Smart!
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 1787028658
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Culture Smart! and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. In the popular imagination Spain conjures up a picture of rapacious conquistadores, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough but how closely does everyday life in modern Spain conform to these dramatic stereotypes? Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of contemporary Spanish life. It describes how Spain s history and geography have created both strongly felt regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, how they socialize, and how to build lasting relationships with them. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Author : Bélen Aguado Viguer
Publisher : Culture Smart! The Essential G
ISBN 13 : 9781787028647
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Bélen Aguado Viguer and published by Culture Smart! The Essential G. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain often conjures up a picture of rapacious conquistadores, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. How closely does everyday life in modern Spain conform to these dramatic stereotypes? Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of contemporary Spanish life. It describes how Spain's history and geography have created regional differences, shared values, and attitudes, and reveals what the Spaniards are like at home and in business, how they socialize, and how to build lasting relationships with them.

Author : Bélen Aguado Viguer
Publisher : Bravo Limited
ISBN 13 : 1857338383
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Bélen Aguado Viguer and published by Bravo Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, Spain conjures up images of rapacious conquistadors, the unworldly Don Quixote, brave bullfighters, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough--but how does the reality conform to these stereotypes? The Spanish people are certainly distinctive. Visitors are often astounded by their vitality, entranced by their friendliness, and driven mad by their frequent indulgence of their friends and relatives. They tend to be proud, passionate, spontaneous, generous, and loyal; they can also be procrastinators, individualistic to a fault, suspicious, and, not least, very noisy! Spain has had a major impact on European and world history. This is the nation that enjoyed a golden age of enlightenment, that discovered America and gathered in its riches, and that left the great legacy of its culture and its language, today spoken by over four hundred million people. In the early twentieth century, Spain suffered a bitter civil war and a stultifying dictatorship, from which it emerged in the late seventies to become again an integral part of Europe and the international arena. Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of modern Spanish life. It describes how history and geography have created both regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, and how they socialize. It prepares you for their boundless energy and widespread religious devotion; and offers practical tips on how to behave and make the very most of your visit. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country--where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount.

Author : Marian Meaney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787028661
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spain written by Marian Meaney and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marie Louise Graff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture Shock! Spain written by Marie Louise Graff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are conducting business, traveling for pleasure, or even relocating abroad, one mistake with customs or etiquette can leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. International travelers, now more than ever, are not just individuals from the United States, but ambassadors and impression makers for the country as a whole.Newly updated, redesigned, and resized for maximum shelf appeal for travelers of all ages, Culture Shock! country and city guides make up the most complete reference series for customs and etiquette you can find. These are not just travel guides; these are guides for a way of life.

Author : James Mew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104999834
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manners and Customs of Spain (1891) written by James Mew and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Author : Marie Louise Graff
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9814435945
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CultureShock! Spain written by Marie Louise Graff and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2009 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Spain is the definitive manual for adjusting to life in Spain. Not only does it translate local customs and culture and warn against making any social faux pas, but it also provides practical information to enable readers to live and work in Spain with ease. Understand the Spanish love of socialising and take part in the ritual evening paseo. Learn the concept behind the term mañana and how best to adapt your daily life to all that mañana entails. Discover the A-Z of Spanish food, the famous tapas culture and how best to fit in with Spaniards' late eating hours. On a practical level, check the documents needed for opening a Spanish bank account, the do's and don'ts in the workplace and how to address locals without giving offence. Written from an outsider's perspective, CultureShock! Spain is all you'll need for life in Spanish society.

Author : Peter Standish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313062838
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Mexico written by Peter Standish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico, with some 90 million people, holds a special place in Latin America. It is a large, complex hybrid, a bridge between North and South America, between the ancient and the modern, and between the developed and the developing worlds. Mexico's importance to the United States cannot be overstated. The two countries share historical, economic, and cultural bonds that continue to evolve. This book offers students and general readers a deeper understanding of Mexico's dynamism: its wealth of history, institutions, religion, cultural output, leisure, and social customs.