Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West : exploring the dark side of life / edited by Brigitte Steger and Lodewijk Brunt.

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TextSeries: Anthropology of Asia seriesPublication details: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203612434
9780203612439
9781134367542
1134367546
9781134367498
113436749X
9781134367535
1134367538
9780415860048
0415860040
1280050055
9781280050053

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West.DDC classification:

304.2/3/095 22

LOC classification:

GT3000.4.A75 N54 2003eb

Other classification:

77.47

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.