ISBN:
1443899046
,
9781443899048
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (190)
DDC:
306.875
Schlagwort(e):
Twins Social conditions
;
Twins Psychology
;
Twins Legal status, laws, etc
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Twins
;
Twins Social conditions
;
Twins Psychology
;
Twins Legal status, laws, etc
;
Twins
;
Twins Social conditions
;
Twins Psychology
;
Twins Legal status, laws, etc
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Twins
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Twins ; Psychology
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Kurzfassung:
This book draws on nearly one thousand cases and anecdotes about twins bending and breaking rules in order to fulfill or flout tenets of twinhood. Society's unwillingness to contextualize mores and policies to suit twins may perpetuate controversy and law-breaking. Twins and Deviance shows how twins' allegedly sacred bond violates conventions beginning at conception. Throughout their lives, they may be victimized, tortured, and neglected specifically because of their bond. Twins have lives that matter - their bond is not static or unconditional, it may be fluent and emotional. The book paints
Kurzfassung:
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Conclusion; Index
Anmerkung:
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