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Title: French wine


1
French Culture
2
  • 5,000 varieties of wine variety of French
    ideosynchrasies
  • Five characteristics
  • Pureness
  • Classification
  • Composition
  • Suitability
  • Maturation
  • Pureness
  • It is a VERY complicated process to make wine,
    and many variables will affect the outcome
    (French are very unpredictable, too). You never
    know what youre going to get.
  • Aggregation of peoples struggling to forge a
    unified identity
  • Belief in cultural superiority

3
  • Classification
  • Overall 4 classifications of wine, and also four
    classes of people
  • Haute bourgeoise aristocrats
  • Petite bourgeoisie white collar workers
  • Moyennes middle class
  • Populaires - workers
  • People know their place, but do not feel
    inferior to others

4
  • Outsiders are countenanced but not readily
    embraced.
  • Rules, regulations there is a certain, proper
    way to do something (same with wine making).
  • Politeness, attention to detail.
  • Little fluidity crossing class lines.
  • Centralized social structure, including
    government tight control of institutions high
    level of centralization
  • Low risk takers. Want to know you intimately.

5
Composition Abrupt, spontaneous,
relationship-oriented. Legally sanctioned work
week of 35 hours. Accept high degree of power
distance. Dislike uncertainty
  • Highly individualistic very feminine (quality
    and pace of life are important All good wine
    in its own time.)
  • Innate restlessness to explore every nook and
    cranny of an issue in conversation.
  • They can be argumentative, quick to criticize.
  • Family is very important, as are close friends.
  • Long, deep conversations with close relations
  • Little contact / conversation with others.
  • Children must be brought up properly. To learn
    respect. They must be civilized by parents.
  • Women are seen as equal but different than men.
    Different roles.

6
  • Suitability
  • Rules for everything
  • Complicated but free government and politics
  • Immigration
  • The Maturation Process
  • Controlled education maturity must be attained
    for the child to progress through grades. Skills
    must be demonstrated.
  • More than anything, social status determines
    ones future.
  • French are critical of the way Americans make and
    discard friends.
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