Dear Colleagues, Sincere apologies for cross posting. We've several updates regarding the Hospitality and Society Journal. *1. Books available for review* The following books are available for review in the Journal. We are looking for critical but professional reviews around 800-1000 words in lengths that discuss the book's content and its contributions to the interdisciplinary understanding of hospitality. We usually ask for reviews to be returned to us in 6 weeks. Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine and Sarah Holloway (2011) Alcohol, Drinking and Drunkenness: Disorderly Spaces. Ashgate. Danielle de Vooght (2011) (ed) Royal Taste: Food, Power and Status at the European Courts After 1789. Ashgate. Please contact Peter Lugosi ([log in to unmask]) if you are interested in writing a review. *2. Contents for issue 1.2* *Editorial* 111-116 Sustaining hospitality by Conrad Lashley, Oxford Brookes University and Peter Lugosi, Oxford Brookes University. *Refereed articles* 117–136 Work-life mobility and stability: The employment histories of immigrant workers at a unionized Toronto hotel PAUL WATT 137–152 Hospitality is society, DAVID BELL 153–172 Commensality in French and German young adults: An ethnographic study, GIADA DANESI 173–188 Hidden injuries of class and bourgeoisie dreams: Casino workers, traditional shipbuilders and boutique hotels in Macao, CHIN EE ONG 189–201 At home with Elvis: Home hosting at the Parkes Elvis Festival, JEN LI AND JOHN CONNELL *Book reviews * 203–205 The Hungry Cowboy: Service and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant, Karla A. Erickson (2009) 205–208 Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels and Motels on Film, David B. Clarke, Valerie Crawford Pfannhauser and Marcus A. Doel (eds) (2009) 209–210 Thinking Through Tourism (ASA Monograph 46), Julie Scott and Tom Selwyn (eds) (2010) Please follow this link to the second issue: For subscribers Issue 2 can be found at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/hosp/2012/00000001/00000002 A free version of Volume 1: 1 is available at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/hosp/2011/00000001/00000001 The contents for 1.3 should be online very soon. *3. Call for papers* *Hospitality & Society* is an international multidisciplinary social sciences journal focusing upon hospitality and exploring its connections with wider social and cultural processes and structures. The journal welcomes submissions from various disciplines and aims to be an interactive forum expanding frontiers of knowledge and contributing to the literature on hospitality social science. Articles that stimulate debate, discussion and exchange across disciplines are welcomed, as well as review essays or short topical pieces that are provocative and problematic in nature. Further details of the Journal, including the aims and scope, editorial board and guidance on submissions can be found at: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=194/view,page=2/ Best regards, Peter -- Peter Lugosi, PhD Reader Oxford School of Hospitality Management Faculty of Business Oxford Brookes University Gipsy Lane Oxford OX3 0BP Tel: +44 (0)1865 484 404 Fax: +44 (0)1865 483 878 Profile and publications: http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/bs/profile.asp?id=p0076361 Controversies and Reviews Editor, Hospitality & Society: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=194/view,page=2/ -- Peter Lugosi, PhD Reader Oxford School of Hospitality Management Faculty of Business Oxford Brookes University Gipsy Lane Oxford OX3 0BP Tel: +44 (0)1865 484 404 Fax: +44 (0)1865 483 878 Profile and publications: http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/bs/profile.asp?id=p0076361 Controversies and Reviews Editor, Hospitality & Society: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=194/view,page=2/