The Spectacle of Twins in American Literat...

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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.

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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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A History of Twins in the United States

One-"A Chill of Similitude": Disturbing Likeness in Photographic and Literary Representations of Twins

Two-The Sexual Fantasy of Twins: Twincest and Triangulated Desire

Three-Keeping It in the Family: Twins and Race in William Melvin Kelley's dem and Toni Morrison's Paradise

Four-Twins as Goodwill Cultural Ambassadors: The Educational Goals of Lucy Fitch Perkins's

Foreign Twins Series

Five-The Twin Companion: Twins Branding in Juvenile Media

Six-Wombmates for Life: Inside the Subculture of Twinship

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476666969
ISBN-10:	1476666962
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dillon, Karen
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Karen Dillon
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.07.2018
Gewicht:	0,343 kg