Worlds of SleepLodewijk Brunt, Brigitte Steger Frank & Timme GmbH, 2008 M07 10 - 251 pages 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. |
Contents
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Sleep and Vulnerability | 31 |
On Visionaries and Miraculous Sleepers | 53 |
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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