Twins in Society
Parents, Bodies, Space and Talk
Part of the Studies in Childhood and Youth book series (SCY)
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About this book
Introduction
This book explores what it means to be a twin and to what extent twins can shape or 'escape' their identities as twins. It investigates how social expectations about twins shape twins' lives and how twins utilize their bodies, space and talk to actively display and perform their own identities.
Keywords
bibliography discourse display expectation identity play society space STR Turing twins
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281493
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Social Sciences Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-36893-8
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-28149-3
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