Nighttime and Sleep in Asia and the West: Exploring the Dark Side of Life

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword ix
• Preface and Acknowledgements xi
• 1 - Introduction 1
• 2 - Sleeping Time in Early Chinese Literature 24
• 3 - Discourse of Mid-Day Napping 45
• 4 - Negotiating Sleep Patterns in Japan 65
• 5 - Sleep Without a Home 87
• 6 - Sleep and Night-Time Combat in Contemporary Armed Forces 108
• 7 - 'the Mirk Shades O'Nicht' 127
• 8 - Night-Time and Deviant Behaviour 149
• 9 - Between Day and Night 171
• 10 - 'What Time Do You Call This?' 191
• Index 215