Twinkind
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Are twins heroes or monsters? Do they have special powers? Key to ancient myths and world religions, twins are also stars of the freak show, theatres and social media. Abundant in the visual arts and challenging to criminologists, they inspire wonder and horror in equal measure. Identical or different, separate or conjoined, natural or conceived in vitro, twins exist in multiple pairs but share a singular history.
Join expert author and identical twin, William Viney, in his exploration of twindom in all its facets – from artistic experiments to the living laboratories of modern science.
Join expert author and identical twin, William Viney, in his exploration of twindom in all its facets – from artistic experiments to the living laboratories of modern science.
Extent: 224 pp
Format: Quarterbound (no jacket)
Illustrations: 399
Publication date: 2023-10-12
Size: 24.0 x 17.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500026267
Introduction 1. Gods and Heroes 2. Evil Twins 3. Twin Spirits 4. Nature and Nurture 5. Crime and Forensics 6. Born and Made 7. Born Entertainers 8. Twins and the Paranormal 9. Twin Communities
Press Reviews
The Times
Financial Times
Chris van Tulleken
New Yorker
About the Authors
William Viney is a twin and a researcher in the Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London. His writing has appeared in Cabinet, Critical Quarterly, Frieze and the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Waste: A Philosophy of Things (2014) and Twins: Superstitions and Marvels, Fantasies and Experiments (2021). In 2017 he directed a documentary short, Twins on Twins.
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