JULIANA DE NOOY lectures in the contemporary studies program at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her first book, Derrida, Kristeva and the Dividing Line, compared influential poststructuralist conceptions of difference. Her research continues to focus on questions of identity and difference as they arise in narrative genres and in intercultural communication.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Look Twice: Narrative Uses of Twins Twins and the Couple: Surviving Sameness in Novels of Twin Lives Twins and Sexual Rivalry: Recasting the Wicked Sister in Thriller Films; with B.Statham Twins and the 'Crisis of Masculinity': Patterns in Body Horror Cinema; with B.Statham Twins and the 'Gay Gene' Debate: When Queer Comic Fiction meets Behaviour Genetics Twins and Nations: Tales of Cultural Divides Twins as Doubtful Doubles: Postmodern Identity, Irony and Invention Conclusion: Twins and Problems of Representation Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

JULIANA DE NOOY lectures in the contemporary studies program at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her first book, Derrida, Kristeva and the Dividing Line, compared influential poststructuralist conceptions of difference. Her research continues to focus on questions of identity and difference as they arise in narrative genres and in intercultural communication.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Look Twice: Narrative Uses of Twins Twins and the Couple: Surviving Sameness in Novels of Twin Lives Twins and Sexual Rivalry: Recasting the Wicked Sister in Thriller Films; with B.Statham Twins and the 'Crisis of Masculinity': Patterns in Body Horror Cinema; with B.Statham Twins and the 'Gay Gene' Debate: When Queer Comic Fiction meets Behaviour Genetics Twins and Nations: Tales of Cultural Divides Twins as Doubtful Doubles: Postmodern Identity, Irony and Invention Conclusion: Twins and Problems of Representation Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index