Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West : exploring the dark side of life
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Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West : exploring the dark side of life
（Curzon anthropology of Asia series）
Routledge Curson, 2003
- : hbk
Available at 16 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : into the night and the world of sleep / Brigitte Steger and Lodewijk Brunt
- Sleeping time in early Chinese literature / Antje Richter
- Discourse of mid-day napping : a political windsock in contemporary China / Li Yi
- Negotiating sleep patterns in Japan / Brigitte Steger
- Sleep without a home : the embedment of sleep in the lives of the rough-sleeping homeless in Amsterdam / Peter Rensen
- Sleep and night-time combat in contemporary armed forces : technology, knowledge and the enhancement of the soldier's body / Eyal Ben-Ari
- 'The Mirk Shades O'Nicht' : nocturnal representations of urban Scotland in the nineteenth century / Irene Maver
- Night-time and deviant behaviour : the changing night scene of Japanese youth / Ayukawa Jun
- Between day and night : urban time schedules in Bombay and other cities / Lodewijk Brunt
- 'What time do you call this?' : change and continuity in the politics of the city night / Chris Nottingham
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ideas and practices concerning sleep and night-time are constantly changing and widely varied in different cultures and societies. What we do during the day and night is the result of much political struggle. Trade unions, political parties, entrepreneurs, leaders and schools boards, all have an interest in questions of timing for the opening and closing of shops, the starting hours of schools and factories, and the number of hours people have to work and sleep. By drawing together comparative case studies from countries in both Asia and Europe, Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West allows the reader to track the differences in the cultural importance given to the night, and to compare the ways in which the challenges and opportunities of modernity have been played out in the East and the West.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction, Brigitte Steger, Lodewijk Brunt
- Chapter 2 Sleeping time in early Chinese literature, Antje Richter
- Chapter 3 Discourse of mid-day napping, Li Yi
- Chapter 4 Negotiating sleep patterns in Japan, Brigitte Steger
- Chapter 5 Sleep without a home, Peter Rensen
- Chapter 6 Sleep and night-time combat in contemporary armed forces, Eyal Ben-Ari
- Chapter 7 'The Mirk Shades O'Nicht', Irene Maver
- Chapter 8 Night-time and deviant behaviour, Ayukawa Jun
- Chapter 9 Between day and night, Lodewijk Brunt
- Chapter 10 'What Time Do You Call This?', Chris Nottingham
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