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One of Us : Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal
One of Us Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal Author:Alice Domurat Dreger One of Us views conjoined twinning and other "abnormalities" from the point of view of people living with such anatomies, and considers these issues within the larger historical context of anatomical politics. "Part history of medicine, part consciousness-raising freak show, this surprisingly entertaining book examines cultural reactions to co... more »njoined twins and other anatomical anomalies … Her examples persuasively make the case that the anatomically different feel normal to themselves." —New Yorker "Are we singletons simpletons? It may be so. The evidence Alice Dreger marshalls in this impressively argued, immensely readable book, suggests that conjoined twins are often perfectly at home in their shared skin, a fact that stretches, if anything, only our assumptions about their double lives. In articulating the rights of the individual in the most intimate of corporations, Dreger makes a persuasive argument for changing society rather than people. Given the recent deaths of the Bijani sisters following separation surgery, Dreger's contribution to the debate has become even more important." —Jeffrey Eugenides, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Middlesex« less