Au contraire! : figuring out the French /
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Boston, MA :
Intercultural Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Not another book about France!
- pt. 1. From far away
- Welcome to France
- What makes the French so French?
- French icons : Marianne, Asterix, and the rooster
- French cultural elements
- The weight of the past
- Past, present, future
- Past subjective
- Lessons from the past
- They drive me crazy! Ils me rendent dingue!
- Default mode
- Perceptions and stereotypes
- pt. 2. Face-to-face...
- With the self
- A cultural approach to the self and individualism
- Important American "self"-related notions and their French equivalents
- Privacy and protection of the self
- With the family
- The family circle
- Child rearing
- Personality development
- With the school
- The French passion for school
- French culture and French schooling
- Les grandes écoles
- With friends
- The language of friendship and love
- Making and being friends
- That's what friends are for
- Friendly suggestions
- With romance
- Lover or friend; The art of seduction
- The dating game and the couple
- You say tomatoes, I say les tomates
- With work
- I work, therefore I am
- My resume, your curriculum vitae
- Dignity and conformity in the workplace
- With politics
- Politics and everyday life
- The political spectrum
- Attitudes toward politicians
- Women in politics
- With religion
- Church and state
- Catholicism a la Francaise
- Other faiths
- French regions
- La Bretagne
- L'Alsace
- Iparralde
- Midi-Pyrénées
- With society
- French and American realities
- To be or not to be...perfect?
- Sex rears its ugly head
- Money makes the world go 'round
- Authority in crisis
- Dialogue between two worlds
- Who do you think you are?
- Worlds apart
- France in the twenty-first century
- pt. 3. Coming together : for what; and how?
- Rhône-Poulenc Rorer : case study of a successful French-American merger
- Corporate culture and national culture
- Appraising the success of the merger
- Blending management practices and decision-making power
- Conclusions
- Working across cultures
- Analyzing intercultural interactions
- Getting together
- Running the business
- Managing people
- Professional guidelines
- Guidelines for building trust and developing relationships
- Guidelines for American managers in France
- Guidelines for French managers in the United States
- How to succeed in an expatriate assignment : insights and guidelines
- Cultural insights
- Cultural guidelines
- Appendix A: The French school system
- Appendix B: Nuts and bolts of social etiquette in France
- Appendix C: Sojourning : start with an empty suitcase.