Depth and space in sleep: Intimacy, touch and the body in Japanese co-sleeping rituals

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 37-56

  Tahhan, Diana Adis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body; Children; Flesh; Intimacy; Japanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449085712     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08096894     Document Type: Article

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