Abstract
ABSTRACT In Of Hospitality, Jacques Derrida cautions: “Before saying the question of the foreigner, perhaps we should also specify: question of the foreigner. How should we understand this difference of accent? There is, we are saying, a question of the foreigner. It is urgent to embark on it—as such” (3). Here Derrida evokes the place of the foreigner, the role of language, and the urgency in the conversation on hospitality that he began with these very words. Using key strands in Derrida's discussion, I consider Zahia Rahmani's œuvre to date. Specifically, I examine how both the Law and laws of hospitality inform her three publications, Moze (2003), “Musulman” roman (2005), and France, récit d’une enfance (2006), giving particular attention to the meaningful tension between accueil and anonymity that arises in relation to the figure of the foreigner.
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