Worlds of SleepLodewijk Brunt, Brigitte Steger Frank & Timme GmbH, 10.07.2008 - 251 Seiten A rikshaw as a bed? A mobile phone as a teddybear? Nightly struggles with bedbugs? Worlds of Sleep investigates the sleep patterns of babies and businessmen, of mothers and daughters, of the industrious and the idle. Read how mighty knights and zealous preachers value sleep, what medicine men and modern scholars think of it. Explore what disturbs lovers’ sleep and how refugees ensure their restful slumber. The authors present fascinating new insights into the social and cultural variations of the dormant side of life around the globe. |
Inhalt
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A Bed for Two? Gender Differences in the Reactions to Pairsleep | 93 |
The Influence of Caregiving Roles | 131 |
In and Out of Sleep in India | 153 |
Sleeping as a Refuge? Embodied Vulnerability and Corporeal | 193 |
Making the Japanese Healthy Wealthy | 211 |
Authors | 237 |
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actigraphs activities Auping awake bedroom bedtime behaviour Ben-Ari body box beds BRIGITTE STEGER callisthenics caregiving century child co-sleeping couples dangers daytime Dietrich von Bern dreams Dutch early rising early-rising emotional example Exploring the Dark gender HARRISON WHITE HISLOP hōtoku household housing hygiene India individual insomnia interviews Italy Japan Japanese JENNY Karenni Klug literature living LODEWIJK BRUNT eds London longyi male medieval middle mobile phones morning mother Mumbai napping night Night-time and Sleep nocturnal one’s organised Ortnit pair-sleep parents partner Parzival person refugee camp rituals roles RoutledgeCurzon SARA ARBER seinendan sexual sleep deprivation Sleep Disruption sleep hygiene Sleep in Asia sleep patterns sleep quality sleep research sleepers societies Sociological sociology of sleep soul space spiritual STEGER AND LODEWIJK teenagers texts tion University University of Surrey University of Vienna Venn vulnerability in sleep wake Weegee Williams women women’s sleep worries