The HostessThe evolution of the idea of hospitality can be traced alongside the development of Western civilization. Etymologically, the host is the master, but this identity is established through expropriation and lossthe best host is the one who gives the most, ultimately relinquishing what defines him as master. In The Hostess, Tracy McNulty asks, What are the implications for personhood of sharing a persona wife or daughteras an act of hospitality? In many