Exploring Twins
Author | : E. Stewart |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2001-02-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312235380 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312235383 |
Rating | : 4/5 (383 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Exploring Twins by : E. Stewart
Download or read book Exploring Twins written by E. Stewart and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-02-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Twins presents an analysis of twinship considered as a specifically social phenomenom. Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary, historical, and cross-cultural data, Elizabeth Stewart argues that in both traditional and modern societies, twinship represents a recurrent anomaly that calls into question the assumptions around which different types of society are organized.