Sleep around the world : anthropological perspectives / edited by Katie Glaskin and Richard Chenhall.

Date:
2013
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Description

"Although humans sleep for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. As a biological universal, it is easy to overlook the degree to which culture shapes how we sleep, with whom we sleep, where and when we sleep, and how we conceptualize sleep. This edited volume explores the cultural dimensions of sleep in different societies around the world today, with the explicit intention of providing a comparative context through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects, and literally (as well as metaphorically) embodies culture."--Publisher's website.

Publication/Creation

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Physical description

xiii, 245 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contributors

Contents

Introduction: Sleep Around the World: Anthropological Perspectives / Richard Chenhall and Katie Glaskin -- Sleeping among the Asabano: Surprises in Intimacy and Sociality at the Margins of Consciousness / Roger Ivar Lohman -- Embodied Meaning: Sleeping Arrangements in Central Australia / Yasmine Musharbash -- Sensuous Connections in Sleep: Feelings of Security and Interdependency in Japanese Sleep Rituals / Diana Adis Tahhan -- Envisioning Sleep in Contemporary Sleep Science / Lisa Carrie Goldberg -- Infant Sleep and Waking: Mothers' Ideas and Practices in Two Italian Cultural Contexts / Monica Toselli, Angela Costabile, and M. Luisa Genta -- Sleeping Safe: Perceptions of Risk and Value in Western and Pacific Infant Co-sleeping / Kalissa Alexeyeff -- Maori Collective Sleeping as Cultural Resistance / Toon van Meijl -- Navigating Inspiration, Intimacy, Conflict, and Sleep in a Pagan Community / Rachel Morgain -- Sleep Deprivation and the Vision Quest of Native North America / Shayne A.P. Dahl -- 'In Their Dream They Go': Sleep, Memory, and the Metaphysical / Katie Glaskin.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    DEGS.U
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781137320933
  • 1137320931