Unit 7: Keeping up appearances

Pages 124-125
Pages 126-127
Pages 128-129
Page 131
Pages 132-133
Page 135
Pages 136-137
Pages 138-139


 

 

Pages 124-125 - Outline
 
Quick links...
  Victorian customs...
Victorian Britain • From Channel 4, the time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain. An excellent guide to understand how people lived.
  ... and modern manners
Advice on etiquette (US) • A site about modern manners.
 Etiquette in society (US) • A 1922 book by Emily Post. See if her advice is still up-to-date.
   

 

Pages 126-127 - Text 1: Dinner time
 
Desperate housewives
  ABC: Desperate Housewives • The official US site for the series.
  Articles about the show • To see how popular the show is, just take a look at all the Wikipedia articles about it: Desperate Housewives, Bree Van De Kamp, Rex, Andrew, Danielle, etc.
   

 

Pages 128-129 - Text 2: A brand-free life
 
The author
  Bonfire of the brands • Neil Boorman's blog.
  The full BBC article • Neil Boorman's article, and the reactions to it.
 
Advertising
  List of advertising slogans • A list of the best known slogans, from Wikipedia.
 

 

Page 131 -  Views
 
Dove
  Campaign for real beauty • Visit the campaign's site, and don't miss the evolution film!
 

 

 

Pages 132-133 - Text 3: A respectable arrangement
 
The author
  Andrew Taylor • The author's official site: books, biography, blog, etc.
   
Victorian customs
  Time travaller's guide to Victorian Britain • From Channel 4, an excellent guide to understand how people lived in Victorian times.
 

 

 

Page 135 -  Work out
 
Manners
  Minding your French manners• An American expatriate writes about French etiquette.
 

 

 

Pages 136-137 - Issue: Does fashion matter?
 
Anti-fashion
  Lady Sov • Check out Lady Sovereign's site and see what she's up to.
 

Adbusters: fashion • Spoof ads about fashion.
   
Pro-fashion
 

Style (US/UK) • The site for Vogue magazine.
 

Fashion Magazine (CA) • The latest fashion trends, from Canada.
 

 

 

Pages 138-139 -  Extra Text: A Scots wife
 
The author
  Colleen McCullough. Learn more about the author and sample her books thanks to her publisher, HarperCollins.