The Spectacle Of Twins In American Literature And Popular Culture
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Author | : Karen Dillon |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2018-08-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476666962 |
The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently offer 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 the historical narrative--within the discourses of experimentation, aberrance and eugenics--and how it has shaped their representations in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Author | : Karen Dillon |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2018-07-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 147663386X |
The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently offer 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 the historical narrative--within the discourses of experimentation, aberrance and eugenics--and how it has shaped their representations in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Author | : Edward King |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2022-04-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1350169161 |
The tale of twins being reunited after a long separation is a trope that has been endlessly repeated and reworked across different cultures and throughout history, with each moment adapting the twin plot to address its current cultural tensions. In this study, Edward King demonstrates how twins are a means of exploring the social implications of hyper-connectivity and the compromising relationship between humans and digital information, their environment and their genetics. As King demonstrates, twins tell us about the changing forms of connectivity and power in contemporary culture and what new conceptions of the human they present us with. Taking account of a broad range of literary, cultural and scientific practices, Entwined Being probes discussions surrounding twins such as: - The way in which they appear in behavioral genetics as a way of identifying inherited predispositions to social media - How their faces interrupt biometric interfaces such as facial recognition software and undermine advances in neo-liberal surveillance systems - How they represent the uncanny and the weird in the horror genre and how this questions ideologies of communications media and the connectivity it enables - Their association with telepathy and cybernetics in science fiction - Their construction as models for entangled being in ecological thought Drawing upon the literary and filmic works of Ken Follet, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Bruce Chatwin, Shelley Jackson, Brian de Palma, Peter Greenway and David Cronenberg, as well as science fiction literature and the television series Orphan Black, King illuminates how twins are employed across a range of disciplines to envision a critical re-conception of the human in times of digital integration and ecological crisis.
Author | : Denise Burkhard |
Publisher | : V&R Unipress |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2023-07-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3847016040 |
Childhood in neo-Victorian fiction for both child and adult readers is an extremely multifaceted and fascinating field. This book argues that neo-Victorian fiction projects multiple, competing visions of childhood and suggests that they can be analysed by means of a typology, the 'childhood scale', which provides different categories along the lines of power relations, and literary possible-worlds theory. The usefulness of both is exemplified by detailed discussions of Philippa Pearce's "Tom's Midnight Garden" (1958), Eva Ibbotson's "Journey to the River Sea" (2001), Sarah Waters' "Fingersmith" (2002) and Dianne Setterfield's "The Thirteenth Tale" (2006).
Author | : James Fenwick |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020-11-12 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1501351613 |
Filmmakers and cinema industries across the globe invest more time, money and creative energy in projects and ideas that never get produced than in the movies that actually make it to the screens. Thousands of projects are abandoned in pre-production, halted, cut short, or even made and never distributed – a “shadow cinema” that exists only in the archives. This collection of essays by leading scholars and researchers opens those archives to draw on a wealth of previously unexamined scripts, correspondence and production material, reconstructing many of the hidden histories of the last hundred years of world cinema. Highlighting the fact that the movies we see are actually the exception to the rule, this study uncovers the myriad reasons why 'failures' occur and considers how understanding those failures can transform the disciplines of film and media history. The first survey of this new area of empirical study across transnational borders, Shadow Cinema is a vital and fascinating demonstration of the importance of the unmade, unseen, and unknown history of cinema.
Author | : Sandra L Faulkner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2021-12-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1000508633 |
The second edition of this book again uses original case studies as a means to bring home to students, through lived experiences, the theories and concepts of interpersonal communication. Each piece takes an arts-based approach—spanning essays, short stories, scripts, photographs, poetry— and has been newly written for this edition by communication researchers, writers, and artists. The case studies focus on the aesthetic dimensions of relating to illustrate to students the workings of relationship management with regards to friendship, race, class, gender, family interaction, sexuality, and other key topics in relational communication. The case studies are framed from a critical interpersonal perspective to encourage students to consider how power and cultural discourses about relationships influence their relating. Faulkner’s introduction to each section provides important pedagogical content to give context and meaning to the cases that follow. Each case closes with questions for discussion, activities, and additional resources to help students analyze the material. The book is suited as core or supplemental reading for courses in interpersonal or relational communication.
Author | : Rachel Adams |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2001-12 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0226005399 |
A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. This book reveals the image of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing specimens.
Author | : Ray Broadus Browne |
Publisher | : Popular Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Nineteen essays address facets of the subject announced in the title, among them: folktale symbolism in popular art, pornography, the wilderness, movie theaters, political cartoons, food habits of Italian immigrants to America, car salesman, the book as symbol. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Anthony Doerr |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-06-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 141657316X |
Documents the award-winning writer's experiences of living, working, and raising twin sons in Rome during the year following his receipt of a prestigious Rome Prize stipend, a period during which he attended the vigil of the dying John Paul II, brought his children on a snowy visit to the Pantheon, and befriended numerous locals. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
Author | : Carmenita D. Higginbotham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 888 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : African Americans in art |
ISBN | : |