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Informationen zum Autor Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer is associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton University. Klappentext Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer is associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton University. Zusammenfassung The Slumbering Masses addresses the phenomenon of sleep and sleeplessness in the U.S.! tracing the influence of medicine and industrial capitalism on Americans' sleeping habits since the nineteenth century. Drawing on untapped archival sources and ethnographic research with people who experience and treat sleep abnormalities! Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer analyzes and critiques how sleep and its supposed disorders are understood and treated. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAbbreviationsPreface: Sleep at the Turn of the Twenty-first CenturyIntroduction: From the Lone Sleeper to the Slumbering MassesPart I. Sleeping, Past and Present1. The Rise of American Sleep Medicine: Diagnosing (and Misdiagnosing) Sleep2. The Protestant Origins of American Sleep 3. Sleeping and Not Sleeping in the Clinic: How Medicine Is Remaking Biology and SocietyPart II. Cultures of Sleep4. Desiring a Good Night’s Sleep: Order and Disorder in Everyday Life5. Before We Fall Asleep: Children’s Sleep and the Rise of the Solitary Sleeper6. Pharmaceuticals and the Making of Modern Bodies and Rhythms7. Early to Rise: Creating Well-Rested American Workers 8. Chemical Consciousness9. Sleeping on the Job: From Siestas to Workplace Naps10. Take Back Your Time: Activism and Overworked AmericansPart III. The Limits of Sleep11. Unconsciousness Criminality: Sleepwalking Murders, Drowsy Driving, and the Vigilance of the Law12. The Extremes of Sleep: War, Sports, and ScienceConclusion: The Futures of Sleep AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
