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Radical Hospitality
American Policy, Media, and Immigration
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English
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2022
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Radical Hospitality: American Policy, Media, and Immigration re-imagines the ethical relationship of host societies towards newcomers by applying the concept of hospitality to two specific realms that impact the lives of immigrants in the United States: policy and media. The book calls attention to the moral responsibility of the host in welcoming a stranger. It sets the stage for the analysis with a historical background of the first host-guest diads of American hospitality, arguing that the early history of American hospitality was marked by the degeneration of the host-guest relationship into one of host-hostage, normalizing a racial discrimination that continues to plague immigration hospitality to this day. Author Nour Halabi presents a historical policy and media discourse analysis of immigration regulation and media coverage during three periods of US history: the 1880s and the Chinese Exclusion Act, the 1920s and the National Origins Act and the 2000s and the Muslim travel ban. In so doing, it demonstrates how U.S. immigration hospitality, from its peaks in the post-Independence period to its nadir in the Muslim travel ban, has fallen short of true hospitality in spite of the nation’s oft-touted identity as a “nation of immigrants.” At the same time, the book calls attention to how a discourse of hospitality, although fraught, may allow a radical reimagining of belonging and authority that unsettles settler-colonial assumptions of belonging and welcome a restorative outlook to immigration policy and its media coverage in society.
Author / Editor information
NOUR HALABI is an assistant professor at the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds in the UK.
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"Nour Halabi masterfully tracks the representation of immigrants in American media and how it shapes popular perceptions about immigrants and policies on immigration. She brings attention to the silenced histories of immigration in the US context and invites us to make the connections between these silences and the current reality of these marginalized groups."
— Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, Department of Entertainment & Media Studies, University of Georgia"Innovative and thought-provoking. . . . By tracing the evolution of immigration policies and media representation, Halabi provides a nuanced understanding of how xenophobia and racism have shaped American society. The book's interdisciplinary approach, combining history, media studies and ethics, enriches the analysis and offers a holistic view of the complexities surrounding immigration."
— International MigrationTopics
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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1 The Case for Hospitality
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2 Poisoned Beginnings: The Birth of the (Immigrant) Nation
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3 The Move to Exclude: Chinese Exclusion Act (1880s)
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4 The Rise of Nativism: National Origins Act (1920s)
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5 The Shift to National Security: Patriot Act (2000s)
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6 Conclusion: The Future of American Hospitality
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Appendix A: Note on Reflexivity and Methods
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Appendix B: Regulatory Documents
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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References
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Index
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About the Author
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November 29, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9781978827752
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eBook ISBN:
9781978827752
Keywords for this book
immigration; immigrants; American immigrants; American Dream; Statue of Liberty; travel papers; travel visas; Chinese exclusion act; Chinese immigrants; mass migration; Muslim immigrants; nation of immigrants; United States travel; American Dream study; anti-immigration; pro-immigration; open borders; immigration restriction; racially motivated; racism in America; racism in American history; hospitality; national hospitality; Russian immigrants; non-white immigrants; National Origins Act; Patriot Act; Bush Presidency; American 1800s; 1920s; Roaring 20s
Audience(s) for this book
For universities and colleges of further and higher education
