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UNINA9910778540903321 |
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Mannur Anita |
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Culinary fictions [[electronic resource] ] : food in South Asian diasporic culture / / Anita Mannur |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2009 |
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1-282-42370-3 |
9786612423703 |
1-4399-0079-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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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 |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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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 |
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create a dish similar to one found on Calcutta sidewalks, it evokes not only the character's |
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UNINA9910829968403321 |
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Autore |
Wood Tony |
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The commercial real estate tsunami [[electronic resource] ] : a survival guide for lenders, owners, buyers, and brokers / / Tony Wood ; foreword by Matthew Anderson |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
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0-470-63637-8 |
1-282-68383-7 |
9786612683831 |
1-118-26825-3 |
0-470-63526-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Commercial real estate - United States |
Commercial loans - United States |
Mortgage loans - United States |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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