Sleep Around the World

Anthropological Perspectives
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-32093-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4287 g

Reihe: Culture, Mind, and Society

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glaskin, K.

Chenhall, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Ivar Lohmann, Trent University, Canada
Kalissa Alexeyeff, University of Melbourne, Australia
Yasmine Musharbash, University of Sydney, Australia
Diana Adis Tahhan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Lisa Carrie Goldberg, University of Western Australia
Monica Toselli, University of Firenze, Italy
Angela Costabile, University of Calabria, Italy
M. Luisa Genta, University of Bologna, Italy
Rachel Morgain, Australian National University
Toon van Meijl, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Shayne A. P. Dahl, Trent University, Canada