Sleep Around the World [electronic resource] : Anthropological Perspectives /
Glaskin, K.editor.
Chenhall, R.editor.
Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. This volume provides a comparative frame through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects and embodies culture as contributors examine aspects of sleep in various countries and contexts.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction Sleep Around the World: Anthropological Perspectives; Chapter 1 Sleeping among the Asabano: Surprises in Intimacy and Sociality at the Margins of Consciousness; Chapter 2 Embodied Meaning: Sleeping Arrangements in Central Australia; Chapter 3 Sensuous Connections in Sleep: Feelings of Security and Interdependency in Japanese Sleep Rituals; Chapter 4 Envisioning Sleep in Contemporary Sleep Science; Chapter 5 Infant Sleep and Waking: Mothers' Ideas and Practices in Two Italian Cultural Contexts
Chapter 6 Sleeping Safe: Perceptions of Risk and Value in Western and Pacifi c Infant Co-sleepingChapter 7 M a ori Collective Sleeping as Cultural Resistance; Chapter 8 Navigating Inspiration, Intimacy, Confl ict, and Sleep in a Pagan Community; Chapter 9 Sleep Deprivation and the Vision Quest of Native North America; Chapter 10 "In Their Dream They Go": Sleep, Memory and the Metaphysical; References; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. This volume provides a comparative frame through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects and embodies culture as contributors examine aspects of sleep in various countries and contexts.
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