The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture
| Author | : Karen Dillon |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2018-07-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781476666969 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1476666962 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (962 Downloads) |
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 2018-07-20 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.