1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248070703316

Titolo

Eating in Eden : Food and American Utopias / / edited by Etta M. Madden and Martha L. Finch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2006

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012

©2006

ISBN

0-8032-1797-8

0-8032-5644-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

At table

Altri autori (Persone)

FinchMartha L

MaddenEtta M. <1962->

Disciplina

641/.013

Soggetti

Food habits

Gastronomy

Electronic books.

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

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: New World Utopias: Cultivating Immigrant Identities through Food; 1. Pinched with Hunger, Partaking of Plenty: Fasts and Thanksgivingsin Early New England; 2. Faith, Flatulence, and Fandangos in the Spanish-American Borderlands; 3. An Appetite for America: Philip Roth's Antipastorals; 4. You Are Where You Eat: Negotiating Hindu Utopias in Atlanta; Part Two: Communal Utopias: Eating In, but Not Of, the World

5. Kitchen Sisters and Disagreeable Boys: Debates over Meatless Diets in Nineteenth-Century Shaker Communities6. Strawberries and Cream: Food, Sex, and Gender at the Oneida Community; 7. Food and Social Relations in Communal and Capitalist Amana; 8. Recipes for a New World: Utopianism and Alternative Eating in Vegetarian Natural-Foods Cookbooks, 1970–84; Part Three: Strategic Utopias: Cooking Up Values for a New World; 9. "This Fatal Cake": The Ideals and Realities of Republican Virtue

Sommario/riassunto

North America has provided a fertile setting for the development of



distinctive foodways reflecting the diverse visions of life in the United States. This book explores the ways Americans have produced, consumed, avoided, and marketed food and food-related products and meanings to further their visionary ideals.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158827903321

Autore

Andrews Ilona

Titolo

Small Magics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

NYLA

ISBN

1-943772-25-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Now with four original illustrations and added material!An irresistible compilation of five previously published stories by the bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series; including Kate's very first meeting with Saiman, some related adventures, two unforgettable 'outside' excursions, and new material from both Curran and Jim's point of view.A QUESTIONABLE CLIENTIn this 'intro' to the Kate Daniels world, we meet the extremely 'shifty' Saiman for the very first time, when Kate takes on the task of serving as his bodyguard to protect him from some very determined--and dangerous--Russian wizards. RETRIBUTION CLAUSESaiman's cousin, Adam--a frost giant and also an insurance adjuster--and his enigmatic partner, Siroun, set out on an impossible mission to enforce a client's Retribution Clause; that is, to kill the person who killed her. But is their target even guilty? Magic and mayhem and a little personal chemistry will reveal the truth!OF SWINE AND ROSESA young adult story about a girl, a pig, some magic, and the worst date ever.Chad Thurman is a thug, who carries brass knuckles in both pockets and lays magic traps for intruders into "his"



neighborhood. The last thing Alena Kornov wants to do is to go on the date with him. But when her family pressures her, she can't say no. Now the ice-cream is absent, the pig is running for its life, and we won't even mention the dead guy...GRACE OF SMALL MAGICSGrace has always known she wasn't like everyone else and that her family has magic abilities. After flying to meet the head of Clan Dreoch in order to fulfill her families' "duties" as servants, Grace finds herself in the middle of a mage clan war...MAGIC TESTSA short story in the Kate Daniels universe. Kate recruits her teenage ward, Julie, to search out a missing student whose location spell has her hidden somewhere on campus...Curran POVEverybody has a point of view...especially Curran Lennart, Beast Lord of the Free People of Atlanta--and Kate Daniel's mate. Here's what Curran was thinking while Kate was kicking butt and taking names from Magic Bites to Magic Bleeds.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791553003321

Titolo

Playwork [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice / / edited by Fraser Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : Open University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-335-24708-3

0-07-713264-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownFraser <1951->

Disciplina

790/.01

Soggetti

Play

Child development

Recreation centers

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

pt. 1. The roots of play and playwork -- pt. 2. Theories of playwork -- pt. 3. Putting theory into practice : the reflective practitioner.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together theoretical perspectives and practical advice to improve playwork practice. There are chapters on the role of



adventure playgrounds; the challenge of starting a playwork section in a local authority; and the value of networking.