Homecoming Queens (Social Fictions) - Softcover

Sumerau, J. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9463512071 ISBN 13: 9789463512077

Publisher: Sense Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

“It’s hard for me to keep a straight face at the thought of living in a place called Queens with my husband and former homecoming queen wife,” Jackson thinks when his spouses inform him of their desire to move back to their hometown following the death of a parent. In Homecoming Queens, this decision sets in motion events that will dramatically transform the three spouses, their understanding of the past, and the town itself. As Jackson Garner leaves Tampa, he introduces us to Queens, a small town in Georgia situated between Atlanta and Augusta. In Queens, Jackson, Crystal and Lee encounter supportive regulars at the diner they take over from Crystal’s father as well as hostile locals who find bisexuality, polyamory, and other “alternative” lifestyles unsavory. They also confront the traumatic event that led Crystal and Lee to leave town after high school. Along the way, they face the history and ghosts of the town, the tension between an LGBT friendly pastor and some of his anti-LGBT congregants, the struggles of a kid seeking gender transition, and the ongoing battle between progress and tradition in the American south. Homecoming Queens can be read purely for pleasure or used as supplemental reading for courses in sexualities, gender, relationships, sociology, families, religion, the life course, the American south, identities, culture, intersectionality, and arts-based research.

About this title

About the Author:

J.E. Sumerau, PhD is an assistant professor of Sociology, a novelist, a public sociologist, and the director of Applied Sociology at the University of Tampa. They hold a PhD in sociology from Florida State University (2012). A proponent of arts based and mixed methodological research, teaching, and activism, they have published over 50 articles, book chapters, and essays concerning intersections of sexualities, gender, religion, and health in academic journals, edited volumes, and public blog formats. They are also the author of the previous novels Cigarettes & Wine and Essence as well as the co-editor of Navigating the Emotional Challenges of Conducting Deeply Personal Research in Health. For more information, visit jsumerau.com or follow them on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sense Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9463512071
• ISBN 13: 9789463512077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232