Exploring twins : towards a social analysis of twinship / Elizabeth A. Stewart.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2003], ©2003.

x, 221 pages ; 22 cm

American ed. originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-217) and index.

PART I: Myths about twins -- The comparative constitution of twinship: anthropological and ethnographic perspectives -- Duality and identity: twins in media -- Heredity and environment: the classic twin method -- Measuring twinship: psychologists on twins -- The divided self: the psychoanalytic approach -- PART II: The social construction of twinship I: family, parents and siblings -- The social construction of twinship II: 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 -- Appendix 1: Analysing myths -- Appendix 2: General public questionnaire: answer codings -- Appendix 3: General public questionnaire: sorted by number of respondents.