Twins in the World

The Legends They Inspire and the Lives They Lead

A. Piontelli (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

253 Seiten

2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-60597-8 (ISBN)

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In this compelling narrative Piontelli explores the different roles that twins play in societies around the world. In her travels around the world, Piontelli has studied the role of twins, especially throughout Africa, Asia, South America, and the Pacific rim, observing different cultural perspectives and how differing societies treat them.

ALESSANDRA PIONTELLI is Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry and Researcher in the Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the University of Milan, ITALY. She is also the author of Twins: From Fetus to Child.

Introduction: A Personal Journey Our Twins Voodoo Twins Stone Idols The Big Shock Keepers and Outcasts Forced Adoption and the Sex Trade Let Nature Take its Course The Hold of Superstition Heart of Darkness One Gender and One Only Abuse and Neglect Till Death Us Do Part Bringing It All Back Home

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.2008
Zusatzinfo	XII, 253 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-60597-4 / 0230605974
ISBN-13	978-0-230-60597-8 / 9780230605978
Zustand	Neuware