Feminism and hospitality: gender in the host/guest relationship

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Maurice Hamington

Part I. Theories of Feminism and Hospitality

1. Hospitableness: A Neglected Virtue / Nancy E. Snow

2. Su Casa es Mi Casa? Hospitality, Feminist Care Ethics, and Reciprocity / Maureen Sander-Staudt

3. Hospitality: Agency, Ethics, and Gender / Helen Daley Schroepfer

Part II. Gender and Domestic Hospitality

4. Shame in Feminine Hospitality / Daniel Haggerty

5. Domestic Hospitality: Self, Other, and Community / Jo-Ann Pilardi

6. From Saint Martha To Hurricane Katrina: A Feminist Theopolitical Ethic Of Hospitality / M. Christian Green

Part III. International Explorations of Feminism and Hospitality

7. Welcoming Courtyards: Hospitality, Spirituality, and Gender / Fauzia Erfan Ahmed

8. Feminism, Hospitality, and Women in Exile / Ileana F. Szymanski

9. Hospitality and European Muslims / Meyda Yegenoglu

10. Caring Hospitality and Mexican Illegal Immigrants / Maurice Hamington

Part IV. Gender, Hospitality, and Commerce

11. The Home/Work Interface In Family Hospitality Businesses: Gendered Dimensions and Constructions / MariaLaura Di Domenico

12. Hospitality in the Doctor's Office / Patricia Boling

13. Providing Hospitality In Mid-Nineteenth Century West Virginia Cities / Barbara J. Howe

Part V. Feminism and Hospitality in Film and Literature

14. Reading Levinas in The Apartment / Jacqueline M. Davies

15. Reading Feminist Hospitality In Plato's Timaeus: Possibilities For Education / Stephanie Burdick-Shepherd

Selected Bibliography

Index

Contributor Biographics