Kate Fox

This article is about the anthropologist. For the spiritualist, see Fox sisters.

Kate Fox is a social anthropologist. She is the director of the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC) an independent, not-for-profit organisation. She has written several books.

Background

Fox is the daughter of anthropologist Robin Fox (not to be confused with the famous historian Robin Lane Fox). As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in anthropology and philosophy at Cambridge University. She is now a director of the Social Issues Research Centre, based in Oxford, England.

Publications

Fox has written a number of books. Her titles include:

• Drinking and Public Disorder (co-authored with Dr. Peter Marsh) (Portman Group, 1992)
• Kate Fox (1993). Pubwatching with Desmond Morris. Alan Sutton. ISBN 9780750905329. http://books.google.com/books?id=E3KyAAAACAAJ. 
• Kate Fox (1996). Passport to the Pub: The Tourist's Guide to Pub Etiquette. Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association. ISBN 9781899344093. http://www.sirc.org/publik/ptpintro.html. 
• Kate Fox (7 Oct 1999). The Racing Tribe: Watching the Horsewatchers. Metro Books. ISBN 9780765808387. http://books.google.com/books?id=WuZM4FnSaaYC. 
• Kate Fox (2004). The Flirting Report. The Social Issues Research Center. http://www.sirc.org/publik/advanced_flirting.shtml. 
• Kate Fox (2004). Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0340818867. http://books.google.com/books?id=-kDPgxYU-s0C. 
  This book is an attempt to understand the English psyche about familiar issues, such as the refusal to confront, detraction from seriousness, the liking of humour and implicit contractual obligation.

Current activities

Kate Fox's work involves research, publications, lectures and broadcasts on many aspects of human behaviour and social relations, including: social and cultural aspects of drinking; flirting and courtship; beauty and body-image; gossip; aggression, disorder and violence; young people’s attitudes and habits; individualism; the social impact of mobile phones; sex differences in risk taking; social aspects of horseracing; health scares and other health issues; celebrations; the psychology of smell and scent; manners and etiquette; the English national character; the meaning of chips.

External links

• Sands, Sarah (9 May 2004). "How to be English". Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3616598/How-to-be-English.html. Retrieved 2004. 
• Kate Fox's biography at the SIRC web site