Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West : exploring the dark side of life /

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Drawing together case studies from Asia and Europe, the reader can see the differences in cultural importance given to the night, and how the challenges and opportunities of modernity have been played out in the East and the West.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Steger, Brigitte, 1965-, Brunt, Lodewijk, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Colección:Anthropology of Asia series.
Temas:
Sleeping customs > Asia.
Sleep > Social aspects > Asia.
Night > Social aspects > Asia.
Time > Social aspects > Asia.
Sommeil > Rituels > Asie.
Sommeil > Aspect social > Asie.
Nuit > Aspect social > Asie.
Temps > Aspect social > Asie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Manners and customs
Night > Social aspects
Sleeping customs
Time > Social aspects
Slaap.
Nacht.
Sociale aspecten.
Asia > Social life and customs.
Asie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword by Josef Kreiner; Preface and acknowkdgements; Introduction: into the night and the world of sleep; Sleeping time in early Chinese literature; Discourse of mid-day napping: a political windsock in contemporary China; Negotiating sleep patterns in Japan; Sleep without a home: the embedment of sleep in the lives of the rough-sleeping homeless in Amsterdam; Sleep and night-time combat in contemporary armed forces: technology, knowledge and the enhancement of the soldier's body.

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