The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture

ISBN-13: 9789004407930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 236 str.

Amanda Ellen Gerke;Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan;Patricia San José Rico

Opis

The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture explores hospitality in a range of cultural expressions from a variety of approaches. The authors analyze and discuss forms of hospitality in canonical literature, ethnic literatures, language or movies. These span from the classical to the contemporary and include a focus on language, power, hybridism, and sociology. The common theme in these contributions is that of American identity. By looking at a diversity of representations of American culture, using a multiplicity of approaches, the authors convey the richness of American hospitality as a vital aspect of its culture.