Hospitality

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Content Etymology History Contemporary usage Global Concepts Celtic culture and India Minnesota Nice The Southern

Hospitality

Etymology from Latin, hostis (stranger) and

hostire (equalize or compensate) Strangers were rare in those days;

the concept of hospitality helped ease the encounter

Literally, the meaning of “host” can be read as “lord of strangers,” have to manage and serve strangers

History of Hospitality In Homeric age, Hospitality was the chief deity

under the protection of Xenios Zeus The sacredness of hospitality in Greek concept

was illustrated in the story of Telemachus and Nestor, in which Nestor welcomes Telemachus and his party (strangers), lavishly providing them protection and guidance

The host should make the stranger feel protected and taken care of, and guide him to his next destination

Contemporary usage of Hospitality Rather than protection and survival, it now

has more to do with etiquette and entertainment, but still involves showing respect to the guests, satisfying their needs, and treating them as equals

Hospitality service industries offer guidance and comfort; related institutions like hospital, hospice, and hotel preserves more connotation in personal care

Biblical and Middle Eastern In Middle Eastern Culture, it was

considered a cultural norm to take care of the strangers and foreigners living among you.

The Biblical commands and examples : Genesis (the most extreme one)

The obligations of both host and guest are stern.

an Arab story

Lot’s story:A mob wanted to rape his guests→offer his own daughters as substitute

The distinction is formed by eating salt under the roof.

Classical World To the ancient Greeks and Romans,

hospitality was a divine right. Xenia (foreign), the ancient Greek concept

of hospitality the importance of hospitality

the tale of Baucis and Philemon

Zeus and Hermes are visiting the town of Phrygia, disguised as simple peasants →meet a lot of closed doors → the house of Philemon and Baucis → act as good hosts→→ the rest of the unhospitable town was flooded while P and B were saved

Concept of hospitality

→100% Protection

Ex ：Story of the Scottish

Clan Macgregor from the early seventeenth century. Fighting clans reached peace only when one member of one clan showed hospitality toward a member of the other clan.

Concept of hospitality ：“ Atithi Devo

Bhava” ＝ The guest is God

= “What goes around comes around”

Concept of hospitality ：“ Atithi Devo

Bhava” ＝ The guest is God

= “What goes around comes around”

Minnesota Nice courteous, reserved and mild-mannered

Polite friendliness

Aversion to confrontation

Tendency toward understatement

Not making a fuss or standing out

Emotional restraint

Self-deprecation

Negative Qualities? 1. passive aggressiveness 2. resistance to change

Despite the two negative qualities, a national study in 2008 indicates that Minnesota is the second most agreeable and fifth extroverted state in the U.S.A.

Social NormsIsn’t really about being “nice”

but

1. Keeping up appearance

2. Maintaining the social order

3. Keeping people in the place

no confrontational verbs or statements of

strong personal preference

Definition: Residents in Southern United States are particularly warm and welcoming to visitors to their homes.

Characteristics:1. Conversation flows cheeringly—to

make the guests happy2. After dinner, one will be urged to pass

the afternoon and night.

Southern Hospitality

Hospitality in Food

1. a cake or other delicacy —for the new neighbors as a mechanism of

instruction about rules of the community2. clubs and church functions

—include a meal or at least a dessert and beverage3. when death or serious illness occurs

—people would provide free food to the bereaved family for a period of time

4. Cooking enough food for everyone

Critical examination

Sociologists characterized Southern Hospitality as a masquerade designed to cover up deficiencies in southern culture, such as slavery, discrimination

widespread poverty Also reflected as deeply-held religious

beliefs of the region

Minnesota Nice beats Southern Hospitality at a stick, what’s the

trick?

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