Exploring Twins - Towards a Social Analysis of Twinship

Informationen zum Autor ELIZABETH STEWART lectures on the sociology of Soviet/Russian society at the London School of Economics. Her research interest in the social analysis of twinship arose from the birth of hew own twins. She is a member of the Twins and Multiple Births Association, the Multiple Birth Foundation and the International Society for Twin Studies. Klappentext Exploring Twins presents an analysis of twinship considered as a specifically social phenomenon. Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary! historical and cross-cultural data! Dr Stewart argues that in both traditional and modern societies! twinship represents a recurrent anomaly which calls into question the assumptions around which different types of society are organized. Part One identifies and analyses the fascinating range of cultural and disciplinary approaches to the interpretation of twinship! while Part Two considers the possibilities for a distinctively social analysis of twinship. Zusammenfassung Exploring Twins presents an analysis of twinship considered as a specifically social phenomenon. Part One identifies and analyses the fascinating range of cultural and disciplinary approaches to the interpretation of twinship, while Part Two considers the possibilities for a distinctively social analysis of twinship. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Preface PART ONE Myths About Twins The Comparative Constitution of Twinship: Anthropological and Ethnographical Perspectives Twins in Literature, Films, Television and the Press Heredity and Environment: The Classic Twin Method Measuring Twinship: Psychologist on Twins The Divided Self: The Psychoanalytic Approach PART TWO The Social Construction of Twinship: Family, Parents and Siblings The Social Construction of Twinship: We Two Together 'Are They Identical?: Twins' Parents Questionnaire and General Public Questionnaire Thinking Twinship: Childhood and the Formation of Self and Identity Towards the Social Analysis of Twinship Concluding Remarks Appendices Bibliography Index...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E Stewart, E. Stewart, Elizabeth A. Stewart
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9781403911667
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-1166-7
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; B, Sociology, Family, Anthropology, personality, Social groups, Child, developmental & lifespan psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology, general, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, families, Developmental Psychology, Families—Social aspects, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, childhood;environment;identity;television;twins