Sleep around the world : anthropological perspectives
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Sleep around the world : anthropological perspectives
（Culture, mind, and society）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-229) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Sleep Around the World: Anthropological Perspectives
- Richard Chenhall and Katie Glaskin 1. Sleeping among the Asabano: Surprises in Intimacy and Sociality at the Margins of Consciousness
- Roger Ivar Lohman 2. Embodied Meaning: Sleeping Arrangements in Central Australia
- Yasmine Musharbash 3. Sensuous Connections in Sleep: Feelings of Security and Interdependency in Japanese Sleep Rituals
- Diana Adis Tahhan 4. Envisioning Sleep in Contemporary Sleep Science
- Lisa Carrie Goldberg 5. Infant Sleep and Waking: Mothers' Ideas and Practices in Two Italian Cultural Contexts
- Monica Toselli, Angela Costabile, and M. Luisa Genta 6. Sleeping Safe: Perceptions of Risk and Value in Western and Pacific Infant Co-sleeping
- Kalissa Alexeyeff 7. M?ori Collective Sleeping as Cultural Resistance
- Toon van Meijl 8. Navigating Inspiration, Intimacy, Conflict, and Sleep in a Pagan Community
- Rachel Morgain 9. Sleep Deprivation and the Vision Quest of Native North America
- Shayne A. P. Dahl 10. 'In Their Dream They Go': Sleep, Memory, and the Metaphysical
- Katie Glaskin
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