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

Publication Info. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Anthropology of Asia series
Anthropology of Asia series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Sleeping customs -- Asia.
Sleeping customs.
Asia.
Sleep -- Social aspects -- Asia.
Sleep.
Social aspects.
Night -- Social aspects -- Asia.
Night -- Social aspects.
Night.
Time -- Social aspects -- Asia.
Time -- Social aspects.
Asia -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Steger, Brigitte, 1965-
Brunt, Lodewijk, 1942-
Other Form: Print version: Night-time and sleep in Asia and the West. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0415318505 (DLC) 2002156177 (OCoLC)51274656
ISBN 0203612434 (electronic book)
9780203612439 (electronic book)
0415318505 (hardcover)
9780415318501

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