02665nam 2200577Ia 450 991078505820332120230207213515.00-8173-8393-X(CKB)2670000000030180(EBL)547646(OCoLC)650060132(SSID)ssj0000459212(PQKBManifestationID)11328476(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459212(PQKBWorkID)10460953(PQKB)11183951(MiAaPQ)EBC547646(OCoLC)680620774(MdBmJHUP)muse9046(Au-PeEL)EBL547646(CaPaEBR)ebr10408820(EXLCZ)99267000000003018020100128h20101988 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMore than bread[electronic resource] ethnography of a soup kitchen /by Irene GlasserTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press[2010], c19881 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5618-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.More Than Bread examines life in the dining room of the Tabernacle Soup Kitchen, located in Middle City in a New England state. What happens when one hundred guests, which include single mothers, drug addicts, alcoholics, the mentally ill, and the chronically unemployed, representing diverse age groups and ethnicities, come together in the dining room for several hours each day? Irene Glasser challenges the popular assumption that soup kitchens function primarily to provide food for the hungry by refocusing our attention on the social aspects of the dining room. The soup kitchenSoup kitchensUnited StatesPoorUnited StatesSocial conditionsPovertyPsychological aspectsSoup kitchensPoorSocial conditions.PovertyPsychological aspects.362.5/83Glasser Irene1537669MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785058203321More than bread3787090UNINA