| Description |
1 online resource (x, 168 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in medical anthropology |
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Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Contents |
Consistencies : cross-cultural patterns -- Continuities : a transhistorical bestiary -- The night-mare on the analyst's couch -- The night-mare in the sleep lab -- The night-mare, traditional Hmong culture, and sudden death -- The night-mare and the nocebo : beliefs that harm |
| Summary |
Sleep Paralysis explores a form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus. In its original meaning a night-mare was the nocturnal visit of an evil being that threatened to press the life out of its victim. Today, it is known as sleep paralysis-a state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness, when you are unable to move or speak and may experience vivid and often frightening hallucinations. Culture, history, and biology intersect to produce this terrifying sleep phenomenon that is rarely recognized or understood in the contemporary United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed December 13, 2016) |
| Subject |
Nightmares.
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Sleep disorders.
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Mind and body.
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Dreams
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Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
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Sleep Wake Disorders
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Mind and body
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Nightmares
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Sleep disorders
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Sömnstörningar.
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Kropp och själ.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813552378 |
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0813552370 |
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