LEADER 02699nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910459213703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8393-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000030180 035 $a(EBL)547646 035 $a(OCoLC)650060132 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000459212 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328476 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459212 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10460953 035 $a(PQKB)11183951 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547646 035 $a(OCoLC)680620774 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547646 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408820 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000030180 100 $a20100128h20101988 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMore than bread$b[electronic resource] $eethnography of a soup kitchen /$fby Irene Glasser 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d[2010], c1988 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5618-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aMore 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 kitchen 606 $aSoup kitchens$zUnited States 606 $aPoor$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aPoverty$xPsychological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoup kitchens 615 0$aPoor$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aPoverty$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a362.5/83 700 $aGlasser$b Irene$01046509 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459213703321 996 $aMore than bread$92473462 997 $aUNINA