Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West: Exploring the Dark Side of Life

ISBN-13: 9780415318501 / Twarda / 2003 / 240 str.

Brunt, Lodewijk

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Brigitte Steger, Lodewijk Brunt; Chapter 2 Sleeping time in early Chinese literature, Antje Richter; Chapter 3 Discourse of mid-day napping, Li Yi; Chapter 4 Negotiating sleep patterns in Japan, Brigitte Steger; Chapter 5 Sleep without a home, Peter Rensen; Chapter 6 Sleep and night-time combat in contemporary armed forces, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 7 ‘The Mirk Shades O’Nicht’, Irene Maver; Chapter 8 Night-time and deviant behaviour, Ayukawa Jun; Chapter 9 Between day and night, Lodewijk Brunt; Chapter 10 ‘What Time Do You Call This?’, Chris Nottingham;

O autorze

Brigitte Steger is Assistant Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna.,
Lodewijk Brunt is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam.