Culture Shock! Iran: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette [Paperback]

Maria O'Shea (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2003 | Series: Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette

Culture Shock! adds two new "At Your Door" city lifestyle guides and one new country guide. The release of more Revised and Expanded Culture Shock! country editions continues with thirty-one now available. With over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide, the Culture Shock! brand name is recognized as the leading reference source for international customs and etiquette.

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About the Author

O'Shea is a writer, researcher and independent consultant on Middle Eastern affairs, particularly those of Kurdistan and Iran.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558687645
• ISBN-13: 978-1558687646
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,021,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Travel > Middle East > Iran

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one-stop introduction to Iran, September 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Culture Shock! Iran (Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)

Maria O'Shea has written an indispensable book for the visitor to Iran. She manages to combine humor, wit, and ironic distance with the incredible breadth and depth of knowledge about the people and the culture that can only come from living there. Her book will be especially useful to Westerners who have to deal with Iran because she has clearly already done all the homework. She sees the Iranians whole, with all their foibles, but not without affection and an abiding appreciation of a very old culture that is too often misrepresented in the West. It's a good read even if you aren't going there.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Acurate, January 19, 2005

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This review is from: Culture Shock! Iran: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette (Paperback)

This is an excellent introduction to Persian Culture. If you want better, you'll have to spend quite a bit more money. My native Irani friend's native Irani mother said that she was ashamed that a westerner could write so accurately on a subject about which she had forgotten much. She herself ended up reading, enjoying, and praising this book about her own culture. That alone should say it all. While no volume, not even the $3420 Encyclopedia Iranica, could possibly cover everything, O'Shea's book taught me a variety of useful information in an entertaining way, and helped me to understand and appreciate my Irani friends better. This book is best read while interacting frequently with Iranians, otherwise it might not be as enjoyable.