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homecomer: a standalone construct

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a person returning home, such as a soldier back from war, who finds that home and they themselves have changed, so the life left behind cannot simply be taken up again.

In sociology, homecomer refers to a person returning home, such as a soldier back from war, who finds that home and they themselves have changed, so the life left behind cannot simply be taken up again. This meaning comes from Schuetz (1945) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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  1. Schuetz, A. (1945). The Homecomer. American Journal of Sociology, 50(5), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1086/219654

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