Towards the social analysis of twinship

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 719-737

  Stewart, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Identity; Labelling; Social construction; Twinship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STEREOTYPING; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0034566646     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310020015343     Document Type: Article

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