Nighttime and sleep in Asia and the West
Subtitle: exploring the dark side of life
By: edited by Brigitte Steger and Lodewijk Brunt.
Contributors: Steger, Brigitte, 1965-; Brunt, Lodewijk, 1942-
Series: Anthropology of Asia series
Publisher: Routledge Curson
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Sleeping customs -- Asia.; Sleep -- Social aspects -- Asia.; Night -- Social aspects -- Asia.; Time -- Social aspects -- Asia.; Asia -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West traces the many different associations attached to the night as well as highlighting the diverse sleep patterns and attitudes towards sleep between cultures. This book suggests that far from being natural phenomena, sleep and night-time are sites of political struggle between groups as distinct as religious leaders, school boards and political parties.

The essays here provide an important resource for students of Asia and cultural studies and will also appeal to the general reader interested in such a rarely studied everyday event."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.