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How We Eat

Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

By: Leon Rappoport

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How We Eat

Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

By: Leon Rappoport

Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals is considered from a psychological perspective. Explored are questions such as Why does the working class prefer sweet drinks over bitter? Why do the affluent tend to roast their potatoes? and What is so comforting about macaroni and cheese anyway? The many contradictions of Americans' relationships with food are identified: food is both a primal source of sensual pleasure and a major cultural anxiety; Americans adore celebrity chefs, but no one cooks at home anymore; the gourmet health food industry is soaring, yet a longtime love affair with fast food endures. The future of food is also covered, including speculation about whether traditional meals will one day evolve into the mere popping of a nutrition capsule.

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251

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ECW Press

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ISBN 10

155490241X

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9781554902415

Punchlines

The Case for Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Humor

By: Leon Rappoport

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Punchlines

The Case for Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Humor

By: Leon Rappoport

The concept of ethnic, racial, and gender humor is as sensitive a subject today as it has ever been; yet at no time in the past have we had such a quantity of this humor circulating throughout society. We can see the power of such content manifested continually in our culture's films and stand-up comedy routines, as well as on popular TV sitcoms, where Jewish, black, Asian, Hispanic, and gay characters and topics have seemingly become essential to comic scenarios. Though such humor is often cruel, it can be a source of pride and play among minorities, women, and gays. Leon Rappoport's incisive account takes an in-depth look at ethnic, racial and gender humor. Despite the polarization that is often apparent in the debates such humor evokes, the most important melting pot in this country may be the one that we enter when we share a laugh at ourselves.

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200

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031305410X

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9780313054105

Diderot and the Jews

By: Leon Schwartz

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Diderot and the Jews

By: Leon Schwartz

Explores the many articles that appeared in the Encyclopedie, of which Diderot was the editor, in order to more clearly define and interpret the philosopher's true attitudes. Although many of these articles were indeed harsh in their treatment of the Jews, Diderot's thinking evolves to reveal a genuine regard for this group.

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214

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838623778

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9780838623770

Sweatshops at Sea

Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present

By: Leon Fink

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Sweatshops at Sea

Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present

By: Leon Fink

Leon Fink, one of the world's best labor historians, has gone to sea and returned with a powerful yarn about the seafaring workers who built the global economy. Vividly told the breathtaking in scope, Sweatshops at Sea will be remembered as one of the most important histories of our time." Marcus Rediker, author The Slave Ship: A Human History. "Sweatshops at Sea is a masterful history that illuminates the issues of citizenship in a world of porous borders for a workforce that has always been both multinational and multiracial. Leon Fink's thoroughly researched, fascinating book provides readers with a fresh and invigorating perspective on globalization."---Nelson Lichtenstein, director, Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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290

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807834505

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9780807834503

Trauma Among Older People

Issues and Treatment

By: Leon Albert Hyer,Steven Sohnle

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Trauma Among Older People

Issues and Treatment

By: Leon Albert Hyer,Steven Sohnle

Trauma Among Older Adults presents an integrative model of treatment that considers current theories of treatment in light of special considerations relating to elderly patients. The book provides case studies, vignettes, and discussions, and demonstrates the importance of considering the personality, memory, and familial history of an elderly individual who has suffered a trauma.

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376

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Routledge

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1317722329

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9781317722328

How We Eat

Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

By: Leon Rappoport

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How We Eat

Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

By: Leon Rappoport

A psychological analysis of the factors and myths that have shaped Americans' eating habits.

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155490563X

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How We Eat

How We Eat

Punchlines

Punchlines

Diderot and the Jews

Diderot and the Jews

Sweatshops at Sea

Sweatshops at Sea

Trauma Among Older People

Trauma Among Older People

How We Eat

How We Eat

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