Sleep paralysis : night-mares, nocebos, and the mind-body connection /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2011
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| Series: | Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 168 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813552378 0813552370 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed December 13, 2016). |
