The poetics and politics of hospitality in US literature and culture / edited by Amanda Ellen Gerke, Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero- Strachan, and Patricia San José Rico.

Other author Gerke, Amanda Ellen, editor.
Other author Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan, Santiago, editor.
Other author San José Rico, Patricia, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationBoston : BRILL, 2020.
Description1 online resource (250 pages).
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Variant title Poetics and politics of hospitality in U.S. literature and culture
SeriesCritical Approaches to Ethnic American Literature Ser
Critical approaches to ethnic American literature. ^A759430
Abstract "The introduction to this volume makes a brief survey of the concept of hospitality in history, focusing on Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and describes the content of the chapters. Starting with Immanuel Kant and his notion of hospitality based on reciprocity, the authors of the introduction move towards Levinas's ethical hospitality as it shapes our identity, since we are constituted by the Other's self. For Levinas, hospitality is defined in terms of space and of care, while Jacques Derrida attempted to reconcile the ethical and the political in his theorization of the concept in the light of contemporary needs. For him, it is absolutely necessary a negotiation between the law of the nation and the law of hospitality, otherwise hospitality will always be conditioned"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource, title from digital title page (viewed on March 12, 2021).
Issued in other formPrint version: Ellen Gerke, Amanda. Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture. Boston : BRILL, ©2020 9789004407930
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN9004408045
ISBN9789004408043 (electronic bk.)

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