OTHER PEOPLES OYSTERS.

• Superior document: Social fictions series ; 27
• Author: NOWAKOWSKI, ALEXANDRA C. H.
• Place / Publishing House: [S.l.] : : BRILL SENSE,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Social Fictions Series 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 pages).

Finalist for 2019 Bisexual Book Awards in Speculative Fiction / Mystery! There may be no more famous form of seafood than an Apalachicola oyster. People travel from all over the world for the chance to try out these oysters and gush over just how large, flavorful, and unique they are in comparison to other foods. In Other People’s Oysters , however, Apalachicola oysters are not merely internationally known delicacies bringing money and recognition to the bay – they are the center of family ties, a symbol of a disappearing way of life, and the catalyst for a social movement that rocks the nation. Tripp and Jessica Rendell have lived on Richards Island in the Apalachicola Bay harvesting, selling, and cooking oysters for decades. During this time, their children – Carina, Bobby, and Roy Lee – grew up to take over the harvesting business (Carina), take over the family restaurant (Bobby) and run off into the wider world to become a lawyer and political activist (Roy Lee). Through the eyes of Carina, we watch life and work change throughout the bay throughout these decades, and witness the ways corporate, environmental and political policy focused more on wealth than the lives of the people and the conservation of the bay led to increasing poverty, decreasing oyster production, and the ongoing destruction of the bay. But when her latest series of law suits seeking aid and reparation stall in the courts, Roy Lee moves back home and forms a plan for taking back the bay, raising up the people, and fighting for the Rendells’ way of life. Other People’s Oysters may be read entirely for pleasure and used in courses focused on social movements, families, class dynamics, politics, environmentalism, mental diversity, sexualities, gender, rural and small town cultures, intersectionality or the American southeast.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Dedication / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Preface / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Acknowledgements / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- The Ties That Bind / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 1 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 2 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 3 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 4 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 5 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Hungry Hearts / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 6 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 7 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 8 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 9 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 10 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 11 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 12 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Out in the Street / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 13 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 14 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 15 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 16 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 17 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- The River / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 18 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 19 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 20 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 21 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 22 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 23 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- The Price You Pay / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 24 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 25 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 26 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 27 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Chapter 28 / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau -- Back Matter -- About the Authors / Alexandra C. H. Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau.