The Spectacle of Twins in American Literature and Popular Culture

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Karen Dillon

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The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently reproduce 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 their historical narrative—embedded within discourses of aberrance, experimentation and eugenics—and how it has shaped their public and personal representations in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Author Biography:

Karen Dillon teaches literature and writing at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, where she specializes in 20th century American and African-American literature. She lives in Carlinville.

Release date Australia

September 30th, 2018

Author

Karen Dillon

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

15 photographs

Pages

153

ISBN-13

9781476666969

Product ID

27824147

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