The Spectacle Of Twins In American Literature And Popular Culture
McFarland
ISBN13:
9781476666969
$50.51
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.
- | Author: Karen Dillon
- | Publisher: McFarland
- | Publication Date: Jul 20, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 204 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
- | ISBN-10: 1476666962
- | ISBN-13: 9781476666969
- Author:
- Karen Dillon
- Publisher:
- McFarland
- Publication Date:
- Jul 20, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 204 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Social Science
- ISBN-10:
- 1476666962
- ISBN-13:
- 9781476666969