Why the modern world forgot how to sleepWhy is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history -- one that leads to our present, sleep-obsessed society, its tacitly accepted rules, and their troubling consequences.Today we define a good night's sleep very narrowly:...

Der Mensch verschläft ein Drittel seines Lebens. Doch wie schläft man »richtig«? Dieser Band präsentiert erstmals eine Geschichte des Schlafs, die die Perspektiven von Historikern, Literaturwissenschaftlern, Anthropologen und Medizinern zusammenführt. Die Autorinnen und Autoren diskutieren, wie sich Wahrnehmung, Bewertung und Organisation des Schlafs vom späten 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert verändert haben. Sie zeigen, auf welche Weise moderne Gesellschaften versuchten, Kontrolle über den Sc...

This ambitious literary history traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day. In a set of original essays by renowned scholars from all over the world, the volume extends important critical debates and frames new ones. Offering new views of American classics, it also breaks new ground to show the role of popular genres - such as science fiction and mystery novels - in the ...

Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and...

Lost in translationEn août 2002, Benjamin Reiss s'expatrie à Tôkyô dans le seul espoir d'y vivre auprès de Kayoko, petite amie japonaise rencontrée en France un an plus tôt. De déconvenues en rencontres providentielles, l'aventure, initialement prévue pour durer un an, se poursuivra finalement sur six.. Pour pouvoir vivre, il trouvera le moyen de s'immiscer dans les coulisses du manga en devenant assistant pour une demi-douzaine de dessinateurs japonais.L'i...