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.

"Sleep is understudied in anthropology - and there are remarkably few published resources available. This is not only ironic because of the many sleep-related experiences of fieldworkers, but because all human beings spend approximately one-third of their lives asleep - quite a lot of time to go by unexamined. The study of sleep is of tremendous and increasing popular (as well as academic) interest and this book will remain fresh for a long time. It will appeal to anthropologists in general, particularly medical, psychological, and cultural anthropologists." - Shelley R. Adler, Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Autorentext
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

Inhalt
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