The notion that status differentiation is still central to social interaction in everyday life is supported by discussions with informants and my own observations and experiences’ (p.47)
‘You’re constantly interacting with other people, and gauging what level you are , and what level they are. You’re doing it all the time, like how to address a person, like whether you need the politeness marker, or now, how courteous you have to be to them , how low you have to bow when you walk in front of someone. Everyone does it automatically and they don’t really think about it’ (p.47)
‘(Face) comes from the way other people look at you, the re