The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture

The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781476666969
ISBN-13 : 1476666962
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Book Synopsis The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture by : Karen Dillon

Download or read book The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture written by Karen Dillon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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