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The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture

Karen Dillon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:3rd Aug '18

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The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently offer the spectacle of twins who share an insular closeness and perform a supposed alikeness--standing side by side, speaking and acting in unison.

Treating twinship as a cultural phenomenon, this first comprehensive study of twins in American literature and popular culture examines the historical narrative--within the discourses of experimentation, aberrance and eugenics--and how it has shaped their representations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

ISBN: 9781476666969

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm

Weight: 254g

204 pages