Twins in society
Subtitle: parents, bodies, space and talk
By: Kate Bacon
Series: Studies in childhood and youth; Studies in childhood and youth
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780230580930
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Twins in Society; title: Part I: Structuring Contexts; title: Discourses; title: Parents; title: Part II: Agency Contexts; title: Bodies; title: Space; title: Talk; title: Moving Through Life as a Twin; title: Appendix A; title: Appendix B; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.