Twins in Society: Parents, Bodies, Space and Talk

By Kate Bacon

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349368938
• ISBN13: 9781349368938
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"