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Twins in Society: Parents, Bodies, Space and Talk (Studies in Childhood and Youth)

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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.

Author(s): Kate Bacon
Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 232

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures and Tables......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Introduction: Situating Twins in Society......Page 12
Part I: Structuring Contexts......Page 28
2 Discourses......Page 30
3 Parents......Page 62
Part II: Agency Contexts......Page 100
4 Bodies......Page 102
5 Space......Page 130
6 Talk......Page 172
7 Conclusions: Moving Through Life as a Twin......Page 201
Appendix A......Page 210
Appendix B......Page 214
Bibliography......Page 215
Index......Page 227