More Than Bread : Ethnography of a Soup Kitchen /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glasser, Irene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poverty > Psychological aspects.
Poor > United States > Social conditions.
Soup kitchens > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The contemporary soup kitchen
  • A historical perspective
  • The tabernacle soup kitchen
  • Field study methods
  • Profile of the guest population
  • Loneliness
  • An ambience of acceptance
  • Social networks and social support
  • Self-help in the dining room : guests as counselors
  • Staff philosophy and the concept of ministry
  • Concluding thoughts
  • Epilogue.

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