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Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing
Contributor(s): Rosenblatt, Paul C. (Author)
ISBN: 0791468305     ISBN-13: 9780791468302
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE:   $33.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2006
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Annotation: A fascinating look at the social experience of sharing a bed with another person.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Family & Relationships
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
Dewey: 306.4
LCCN: 2005026824
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.82" W x 9.17" (0.70 lbs) 227 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:
Millions of adults sleep with another adult, but what does it mean to share a bed with someone else, and how does it affect a couple's relationship? What happens when one partner snores? Steals the sheets? Prefers to sleep in the nude? To address these and other questions, Paul C. Rosenblatt asked couples to describe the struggles, challenges, and achievements of their bed-sharing experiences. Two in a Bed includes interviews with more than forty bed-sharing couples as they candidly discuss winding down and waking up, cold feet and tucked sheets, who sleeps near the door and who gets pushed to the edge, snoring, spooning, sleep talking, sleep walking, and the myriad other behaviors we negotiate in falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up each morning beside a partner. In addition to exploring the routines and realities of sharing a bed with another person, these interviews reveal important information about sleep, relationships, and American society. Stressing the intricacy and importance of a previously unremarked activity, Rosenblatt's Two in a Bed shows that sleep should no longer be viewed solely as an individual phenomenon.