''Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home'' (frequently referenced as ''Etiquette'') is a book authored by

Emily Post Emily Post ( Price; October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite, famous for writing about etiquette. Early life Post was born Emily Bruce Price in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly in October 1872. Th ...

in 1922. The book covers

manners Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...

and other social rules, and has been updated frequently to reflect social changes, such as diversity, redefinitions of family, and mobile technology. The 19th edition of ''Etiquette'' (2017), is authored by Post's descendants

Lizzie Post Lizzie or Lizzy is a nickname for Elizabeth or Elisabet, often given as an independent name in the United States, especially in the late 19th century. Lizzie can also be the shortened version of Lizeth, Lissette or Lizette. People * Elizabeth ...

and

Daniel Post Senning Daniel Post Senning (born ) is an American etiquette expert. He is the co-president of the Emily Post Institute, founded by his great-great-grandmother Emily Post. Early life and career Senning attended Pomona College, where he participated in th ...

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*The sociologist

Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociology, sociologist, Social psychology (sociology), social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth ...

drew for his studies of ritual in everyday life on what he called Post as "a good source of half-analysed material...in the ritual idiom of a hypothetical class". *

Joan Didion Joan Didion (; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer. Along with Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson and Gay Talese, she is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an ...

commended Emily Post for the practical wisdom of her chapter on Funerals (Ch XXIV), especially in relation to the physiology of grief and distress.J Didion, ''The Year of Magical Thinking'' (London 2005) p. 58-9

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public domain electronic version in the Gutenberg library
1922 non-fiction books Self-help books Etiquette {{self-book-stub

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