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Catttt Posted 7 years ago
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Savoir-faire

1. Does "savoir-faire" in the context below mean "knowingness and awareness"?


2. Does "self-identity" mean "personal identity" or "awareness of one's personal identity"?


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This shift in ethos can also be expressed as a move away from a consumer culture that validates through the notion of material possession – ‘to have is to be’ – towards a consumer culture which is based on ‘savoir-faire’ in which ‘self-identity is a kind of cultural resource, asset, or possession’.
  

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catttt 1. Does "savoir-faire" in the context below mean "knowingness and awareness"? Pretty much.

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  • catttt 1.
  • Does "savoir-faire" in the context below mean "knowingness and awareness"?
  • Pretty much.
  • It means "to know how to do" in French, and it has retained much of that in English.
  • It means knowing how to conduct yourself socially.
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catttt1. Does "savoir-faire" in the context below mean "knowingness and awareness"?

Pretty much. It means "to know how to do" in French, and it has retained much of that in English. It means knowing how to conduct yourself socially.

catttt2. Does "self-identity" mean "personal identity" or "awareness of one's personal identity"?
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