Author: Rosello, Mireille
Title: Postcolonial Hospitality : The Immigrant as Guest
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2001. orig.cloth. 23x16cm, ix, 211 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: Immigration & Hospitality; Intellectuals, Politicians & the Media: Hospitality, Ethics & the State; Deportation & Generosity: Hostile Hospitality in Didier van Cauwelaert's 'Un aller simple'; Host(esse)s Granting & Refusing Hospitality Across National & Ethnic Lines; Immigrants & the Logic of Interchangeability: Merzak Alouache's 'Salut cousin!' & Jean de La Fontaine's "The Town Rat & the Country Rat"; Gender & Hospitality: Women as Gifts, Hostesses, & Parasites;New Definitions of Hospitality & Philosophical Experiments: From Inhospitable States to Cities of Refuge; Conclusion: Imperfections & Hospitality.

Keywords: European Immigration, French Literature, Literary Sociology, France Immigrants, Ethnic Minorities, Minority Immigrant, Hospitality, Cultural Criticism, History Critical