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Embodying and embedding children's sleep : some sociological comments and observations
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Williams, Simon J., Lowe, Pam and Griffiths, Frances (2007) Embodying and embedding children's sleep : some sociological comments and observations. Sociological Research Online, Vol.12 (No.5). Article: 6. doi:10.5153/sro.1466 ISSN 1360-7804.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.1466
Abstract
This paper, drawing on our own research findings data, explores the embodiment and embedment of sleeping in children's everyday/night lives. Key themes here include children's attitudes and feelings toward the dormant body, the processes, routines and rituals associated with going to bed and going to sleep, issues associated with bedrooms and privacy, and finally the relationship between dormancy and domicile. This in turn provides the basis, in the remainder of the paper, for a further series of reflections on the mutually informing relations between the sociology of sleep and the sociology of childhood. Remaining questions and challenges involved in researching children's sleep are also considered. Sleep, it is concluded, is not simply a rich and fascinating sociological topic in its own right it also has the potential to shed valuable new light on a significant yet hitherto under-researched part of children's lives, contributing important new insights in doing so.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Sleep, Child development | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sociological Research Online | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1360-7804 | ||||
| Official Date: | 30 September 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.12 | ||||
| Number: | No.5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 23 | ||||
| Page Range: | Article: 6 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.5153/sro.1466 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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