Author: Tiffany Field
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: books, bradford, touch
Number of Pages: 193
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 026206216X
ISBN-13: 9780262062169

The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy, well into childhood. Touch is critical for children’s growth, development, and health, as well as for adults’ physical and mental well-being. Yet American society, claims Tiffany Field, is dangerously touch-deprived. Field, a leading authority on touch and touch therapy, begins this accessible book with an overview of the sociology and anthropology of touching and the basic psychophysical propert

Author: Daniel Tiffany
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: substance, nightlife, riddles, poetics, infidel
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2009-10-15
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0226803104
ISBN-13: 9780226803104

Poetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds readers of a poem differ from, say, the slang that seduces listeners of hip-hop?  Infidel Poetics examines not only the shared incomprensibilities of poetry and slang, but poetry’s genetic relation to the spectacle of underground culture.         Charting connections between vernacular poetry, lyric obscurity, and types of social relations—networks of darkened streets in preindustrial cities, the historical underworld of taverns and clubs, the subcultures

Author: Tiffany Field PhD
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: research, therapy, massage
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-05-08
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0443102015
ISBN-13: 9780443102011

Written by the Director of the world-renowned Touch Research Institutes, this book examines the practical applications of important massage therapy research findings. Each chapter of this comprehensive resource provides a clear and authoritative review of what is reliably known about the effects of touch for a variety of clinical conditions such as depression, pain management, movement problems, and functioning of the immune system. Coverage also includes the benefits of massage to specific populations such as pregnant women, neonates, infants, and adolescents. This book is suitable for massag

Author: Tiffany K. Wayne Ph.D.
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: women, roles, history, america, nineteenth, century
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2006-12-30
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0313335478
ISBN-13: 9780313335471

The nineteenth century has been referred to as the Woman’s Century, and it was a period of amazing change and progress for American women. There were great leaps forward in women’s legal status, their entrance into higher education and the professions, and their roles in public life. In addition, approximately two million African American female slaves gained their freedom. Women’s Roles in Nineteenth-Century America examines how economic, political, and social factors in the United States affected women’s roles and how women themselves helped shape history. Each the

Author: Tiffany A Lopez
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: chicana, growing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1995-01-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0380724197
ISBN-13: 9780380724192

What Does It Mean To Grow Up Chicana/o?When I was growing up, I never read anything in school by anyone who had a "Z" in their last name. This anthology is, in many ways, a public gift to that child who was always searching for herself whithin the pages of a book.from the Introduction by Tiffany Ana LopezLouie The Foot Gonzalez tells of an eighty-nine-year-old woman with only one tooth who did strange and magical healings...Her name was Dona Tona and she was never taken seriously until someone got sick and sent for her. She’d always show up, even if she had to drag herself, and she staye

Author: Tiffany Collins
Publisher: Robert Rose
Keywords: recipes, panini
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-09-12
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0778802019
ISBN-13: 9780778802013

The fresh, robust flavors of Italian grilled sandwiches. A panini is an Italian-inspired pressed sandwich enjoyed throughout Italy and, increasingly, in North American cafés, restaurants and kitchens. Italians regard panini as fast food thanks to its easy preparation, which also accounts for its success in North America. Sales of panini makers have skyrocketed, with small appliance manufacturers releasing new models each year. Tiffany Collins provides great recipes that replicate the bistro experience and maximize the use of a home panini maker. Among the recipes for this vibrant, fla

Author: Tiffany Field
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: books, bradford, touch
Number of Pages: 193
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0262561565
ISBN-13: 9780262561563

The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy, well into childhood. Touch is critical for children’s growth, development, and health, as well as for adults’ physical and mental well-being. Yet American society, claims Tiffany Field, is dangerously touch-deprived. Field, a leading authority on touch and touch therapy, begins this accessible book with an overview of the sociology and anthropology of touching and the basic psychophysical properties o