More than bread
Subtitle: ethnography of a soup kitchen
By: by Irene Glasser.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780817356187; 9780817383930
Subjects: Soup kitchens -- United States; Poor -- United States -- Social conditions; Poverty -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The contemporary soup kitchen; title: A historical perspective; title: The tabernacle soup kitchen; title: Field study methods; title: Profile of the guest population; title: Loneliness; title: An ambience of acceptance; title: Social networks and social support; title: Self-help in the dining room : guests as counselors; title: Staff philosophy and the concept of ministry; title: Concluding thoughts; title: Epilogue.