This book explores what it means to be a twin and to what extent twins can shape or 'escape' their identities as twins. It investigates how social expectations about twins shape twins' lives and how twins utilize their bodies, space and talk to actively display and perform their own identities.

KATE BACON is Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Education and Social Science at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She has published on twin identity and conducting research with children.

Introduction: Situating Twins in Society PART I: STRUCTURING CONTEXTS Discourses Parents PART II: AGENCY CONTEXTS Bodies Space Talk Conclusions: Moving Through Life as a Twin Appendix A Notes Bibliography Index