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Sleep and society : sociological ventures into the (un)known-- / Simon J. Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134258482
  • 1134258488
  • 9780203000885
  • 0203000889
  • 1299458548
  • 9781299458543
  • 9781134258437
  • 1134258437
  • 9781134258475
  • 113425847X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sleep and society.DDC classification:
  • 394 22
LOC classification:
  • GT3000.3 .W55 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • 2006 C-321
  • WL 108
Online resources:
Contents:
Changing theories and explanations of sleep: from ancient to modern times -- Sleep through the centuries: historical patterns and practices -- Sleep, embodiment and the lifeword (Lebenswelt) -- The social patterning and social organisation of sleep: inequalities, institutions and injustices -- Colonising/capitalising on sleep: medicalisation and beyond -- Conclusions: remaining questions and the challenges ahead.
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  • digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature and examines significant modern issues such as:the 24-hour society sleep and work homelessness dream analysis the medicalization and commodification of sleep. Written by a key international figure in medical sociology, this is the first sociological examination of sleep, making it important reading for academics and advanced students of medical sociology, healt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-191) and index.

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Changing theories and explanations of sleep: from ancient to modern times -- Sleep through the centuries: historical patterns and practices -- Sleep, embodiment and the lifeword (Lebenswelt) -- The social patterning and social organisation of sleep: inequalities, institutions and injustices -- Colonising/capitalising on sleep: medicalisation and beyond -- Conclusions: remaining questions and the challenges ahead.

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Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature and examines significant modern issues such as:the 24-hour society sleep and work homelessness dream analysis the medicalization and commodification of sleep. Written by a key international figure in medical sociology, this is the first sociological examination of sleep, making it important reading for academics and advanced students of medical sociology, healt.

English.

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