The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude - Hardcover

Visser, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151013314 ISBN 13: 9780151013319

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009

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HardCover. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 464 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt known as an 'anthropologist of everyday life.' Margaret Visser has in five award-winning books. Uncovered and Illuminated the Intriguing and unexpected strengths and weaknesses of everyday objects and habits. Now she turns her keen eye to another custom so frequently encountered that it often escapes notice: saying 'Thank you.' What do we really mean by these two simple words This fascinating inquiry into all aspects of gratitude ranges from the unusual determination with which parents teach their children to thank. to the difference between speaking the words and feeling them. to the ways different cultures handle the complex matters of giving. receiving. and returning favors and presents. Visser illuminates the fundamental opposition in our own culture between gift -giving and commodity exchange. and...

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MARGARET VISSER is an award-winning author and essayist. Much Depends on Dinner was named one of the best books of the year byThe New York Times. The Rituals of Dinner won the IACP Literary Food Writing Award and the Jane Grigson Award, and was named aNew York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her most recent book, The Geometry of Love was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize. Margaret Visser taught classics at York University for 18 years and now devotes her time to research and writing. She lives in Toronto, Paris, and the south of France. Visit her online at www.margaretvisser.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0151013314
• ISBN 13: 9780151013319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2008