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Author Bacon, Kate, 1978-

Title Twins in society : parents, bodies, space and talk / Kate Bacon
Published Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in childhood and youth
Studies in childhood and youth.
Contents 1. Introduction: situating twins in society -- Part I. Structuring contexts -- 2. Discourses -- 3. Parents -- Part II. Agency contexts -- 4. Bodies -- 5. Space -- 6. Talk -- 7. Conclusions : moving through life as a twin
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Twins.
Life skills.
Sociology: family & relationships.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Child.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Child Development.
Society.
Life skills
Twins
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010004773
ISBN 9780230281493
0230281494
9781282911413
1282911414