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Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Popular Culture
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: 204
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Karen Dillon
Language: English
Street Date: July 20, 2018
TCIN: 88269105
UPC: 9781476666969
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-3750
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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About the Book
"Treating twinship as a cultural phenomenon, this first comprehensive study of twins in American literature and popular culture examines their historical narrative--embedded within discourses of aberrance, experimentation and eugenics--and how it has shaped their public and personal representations in the 20th and 21st centuries"--Book Synopsis
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.About the Author
Karen Dillon teaches literature and writing at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, where she specializes in American and African-American literature. She lives in Carlinville.If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
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