Postcolonial hospitality: the immigrant as guest

by Rosello, Mireille

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Full title :Postcolonial hospitality : the immigrant as guest.

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This text explores the ways in which Western superpowers rewrite ideals of hospitality that are borrowed from a variety of sources and that sometimes constitute an incompatible system of values. Each chapter focuses on a problematic moment when hospitality is read either as excessive or lacking: when the host does not give what is ideally expected; when the guest is mistreated rather than protected; when the guest abuses the host rather than being grateful. In considering these issues, the author studies the relationship between ownership and generosity, focusing specifically on the connections between nationalism, immigration, and hospitality.

Because the intersections between cultural differences and issues of gender often expose the fragility or arbitrariness of hospitable conventions, the author studies novels, films, and immigrant interviews that explore those moments of crisis when systems of hospitality clash.