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Gifts from the Other Side: Thresholds of Hospitality and Morality in an E astern I ndonesian Town
Author(s) -
Erb Maribeth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/ocea.5026
Subject(s) - hospitality , contradiction , tourism , advertising , morality , sociology , history , political science , business , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , law
The town of L abuan B ajo in W estern F lores, E astern I ndonesia has experienced rapid changes in the past decade, primarily associated with the development of tourism. This paper engages with the ideas of J acques D errida on hospitality and sovereignty, to explore the shifting landscapes of hospitality in this M anggaraian town. His musings on ‘the question of the foreigner’, the ‘conditions’ of hospitality, and the idea of the threshold are used to capture the way that hospitality is experienced as a struggle, as a contradiction, as an ‘aporia’.