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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778540903321

Autore

Mannur Anita

Titolo

Culinary fictions [[electronic resource] ] : food in South Asian diasporic culture / / Anita Mannur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42370-3

9786612423703

1-4399-0079-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/3564

Soggetti

Food in literature

Food habits in literature

South Asians in literature

Cooking, Indic

English literature - South Asian authors - History and criticism

English literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nostalgia, domesticity and gender -- Culinary nostalgia: authenticity, nationalism and diaspora -- Feeding desire: food, domesticity and challenges to hetero- -- Patriarchy -- Palatable multiculturalisms and class critique -- Sugar and spice: sweetening the taste of alterity -- Visualizing class critique and female labor -- Theorizing fusion in America -- Eating America: culture, race and food in the social imaginary of the -- Second generation -- Easy exoticism: culinary performances of indianness -- Conclusion: room for more: multiculturalism's culinary legacies.

Sommario/riassunto

For South Asians, food regularly plays a role in how issues of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and national identity are imagined as well as how notions of belonging are affirmed or resisted. Culinary Fictions provides food for thought as it considers the metaphors literature, film, and TV shows use to describe Indians abroad. When an immigrant mother in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake combines Rice Krispies, Planters peanuts, onions, salt, lemon juice, and green chili peppers to



create a dish similar to one found on Calcutta sidewalks, it evokes not only the character's

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829968403321

Autore

Wood Tony

Titolo

The commercial real estate tsunami [[electronic resource] ] : a survival guide for lenders, owners, buyers, and brokers / / Tony Wood ; foreword by Matthew Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

0-470-63637-8

1-282-68383-7

9786612683831

1-118-26825-3

0-470-63526-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance ; ; v.592

Disciplina

332.6324

333.33/870973

Soggetti

Commercial real estate - United States

Commercial loans - United States

Mortgage loans - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Lenders, Owners, Buyers, and Brokers; Contents; Foreword: This Time Is Different; Introduction: A Tsunami Warning: Between Fear and Desperation; Acknowledgments; Part One: Phases of the Tsunami; Chapter 1: Phase One: Initiation (2005-2007); Chapter 2: Phase Two: Amplification (2007-2008); Part Two: Showing Up on Radar; Chapter 3: Phase Three: Drawdown (2009); Chapter 4: Phase Four: The Run-Up (2010-2013); Chapter 5: Bailing Out a Sea of Debt

Part Three: Mitigation of Risks and Hazards: Survival Guide for Lenders, Owners, Buyers, and Commercial Real Estate BrokersChapter 6: Lenders: Prepare for Impact; Chapter 7: Owners and Borrowers: Learn



to Swim with the Sharks; Chapter 8: Buyers: Beware of Hidden Debris; Chapter 9: Commercial Real Estate Brokers: Charting a New Course in a Paradigm Shift Marketplace; Chapter 10: How to Ride a Tsunami with Expertise: Interview with Former Banker Turned Prolific Commercial Broker, Anton Qiu

Chapter 11: A Life Preserver for Your Family: Therapeutic Strategies for Family Survival in a Tough Economy-Donna Wood, MA, MFTConclusion: From Despondency to Optimism; Resources; About the Author; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An in-depth look at why a commercial real estate collapse is inevitable, and how to survive it  The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami is the first book to address the phenomenon of the pending wave of commercial debt maturities coming due in the next five years, and the impact those maturities will have on the commercial real estate markets when combined with the historic economic crisis the world is experiencing at this time. Drawing on the knowledge of recognized experts in the commercial real estate industry and financial markets, as well as lessons learned from the commercial