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dc.contributor.authorStatham, Bronwyn
dc.contributor.authorNooy, Juliana
dc.contributor.editorJuliana de Nooy
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:28:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:28:57Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2014-08-21T02:11:54Z
dc.identifier.isbn1403947457
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/9780230286863_3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/24914
dc.description.abstractStories of twins are told with astonishing frequency in contemporary culture. Films and novels from recent decades repeatedly tell of the stranglehold of brotherly love, the evil twin who steals her sister's lover, the homicidal mutant twin on a rampage, the reunion of twins separated at birth, twins divided by national borders, and confusion between look-alike twins. Critics tend to view twin tales as a subset of the literature of the double, in decline since the nineteenth century. A closer look at recent examples, however, reveals patterns of genre and gender quite specific to our time. Why do we keep telling twin tales? And how are we telling them differently from previous generations?
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.publisher.placeHoundmills and New York
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleTwins in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Look Twice
dc.relation.ispartofchapter3
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom47
dc.relation.ispartofpageto67
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420304
dc.titleTwins and Sexual Rivalry; Recasting the Wicked Sister in Thriller Films
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStatham, Bronwyn


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