The Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Studies

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In recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of hospitality as a social phenomenon. This interest has tended to arrive from two communities. The first comprises hospitality academics interested in exploring the wider meanings of hospitality as a way of better understanding guest and host relations and its implications for commercial settings. The second comprises social scientists using hosts and guests as a metaphor for understanding the relationship between host communities and guests as people from outside the community – migrants, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. The Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Studies encourages both the study of hospitality as a human phenomenon and the study for hospitality as an industrial activity embracing the service of food, drink and accommodation. Developed from specifically commissioned original contributions from recognised authors in the field, it is the most up-to-date and definitive resource on the subject. The volume is divided into four parts: the first looks at ways of seeing hospitality from an array of social science disciplines; the second highlights the experiences of hospitality from different guest perspectives; the third explores the need to be hospitable through various time periods and social structures, and across the globe; while the final section deals with the notions of sustainability and hospitality. This handbook is interdisciplinary in coverage and is also international in scope through authorship and content. The ‘state-of-the-art’ orientation of the book is achieved through a critical view of current debates and controversies in the field as well as future research issues and trends. It is designed to be a benchmark for any future assessment of the field and its development. This handbook offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this discipline, conveying the latest thinking, issues and research. It will be an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in hospitality, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study. Dedication Contents List of illustrations List of contributors 1 Introduction: Research on hospitality: the story so far/ways of knowing hospitality • Conrad Lashley Part I: Disciplinary perspectives 2 Sociological perspectives on hospitality • Roy C. Wood 3 Geographies of hospitality • David Bell 4 Levinas, hospitality and the feminine other • Kim Meijer-van Wijk 5 The philosophy of hospitableness • Elizabeth Telfer 6 The hospitality trades: a social history • John K. Walton 7 Hospitality – a synthetic approach • Bob Brotherton 8 Dinner sharing: casual hospitality in the collaborative economy • Szilvia Gyimóthy 9 Religious perspectives on hospitality • Conrad Lashley 10 Hospitality and social ties: an interdisciplinary reflexive journey for a psychology of hospitality • Marcia Maria Cappellano dos Santos, Olga Araujo Perazzolo, Siloe Pereira and Isabel Baptista 11 Hospitalities: Circe writes back • Judith Still 12 On the hospitality of cannibals • Ruud Welten 13 An Asian ethics of hospitality: hospitality in Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist philosophy • Martine Berenpas 14 Observing hospitality speech patterns • Leanne Schreurs Part II: Experiencing hospitality 15 Hospitality, migration and cultural assimilation: the case of the Irish in Australia • Barry O’Mahony 16 Women experience hospitality as travelers and leaders • Judi Brownell 17 Hospitality employment: the good, the bad, and the ugly • Shobana Nair Partington 18 Consuming hospitality • Peter Lugosi 19 Hospitality and prosumption • George Ritzer 20 Liquid hospitality: wine as the metaphor • Sjoerd Gehrels 21 Hospitality, territory and identity: reflections from community tourism in Aventureiro Village, Ilha Grande/RJ, Brazil • Helena Catão Henriques Ferreira and Aguinaldo César Fratucci 22 Fluid hospitality in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Bastienne Bernasco Part III: Hospitality through time and space 23 Hunter and gatherer hospitality in Africa • Victoria N. Ruiter 24 The gift theory of Marcel Mauss and the potlatch ritual: a triad of hospitality • Leandro Benedini Brusadin 25 Hospitality, sanitation services and immigration: leprosaria and hostels for immigrants in Brazil • Ana Paula Garcia Spolon 26 Experiencing hospitality and hospitableness in different cultures • Javed Suleri 27 Transcending the limits of hospitality: the case of Mount Athos and the offering of philoxenia • Prokopis Christou 28 Fifty shades of hospitality: exploring intimacies in Korean love motels • Desmond Wee and Ko Koens 29 Hospitality between the sheets: leisure and sexual entertainment for tourists in large urban centres in Brazil • Ricardo Lanzarini and Luiz Gonzaga Godoi Trigo Part IV: Sustainable hospitality 30 Creating value for all: sustainability in hospitality • Elena Cavagnaro 31 Liberating wage slaves: towards sustainable employment practices • Conrad Lashley 32 Hospitality studies: developing philosophical practitioners? • Conrad Lashley 33 Conclusion: Hospitality and beyond… • Conrad Lashley Index