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At the Edges of Sleep

Jean Ma · 2022

114,104 words · about 7 h 59 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN) · Ma, Jean (2022), At the Edges of Sleep, open access publisher - licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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Author
Jean Ma
Language
English
Published
2022
Length
114,104 words · about 7 h 59 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN)

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 1 h 22 min
  3. Part I Regarding Sleep about 2 h 8 min
  4. Part II Sleeping Regard about 4 h 17 min
  5. Index about 12 min

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Front matter

AT THE EDGES OF SLEEP

MOVING IMAGES AND SOMNOLENT SPECTATORS

Jean Ma

Contents

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi 1. Apichatpong Weerasethakul and the Turn to Sleep 1 2. Sleep Must Be Protected 20 PART I: REGARDING SLEEP 41 3. Into the Dark 43 4. Exiting and Entering Early Cinema 59 5. Somnolent Journeys 76 6. Insensate Intimacies 94 PART II: SLEEPING REGARD 117 7. The Regressive Thesis 119 8. Narcotic Reception 130 g. A Little History of Sleeping at the Movies 150 10. Zoning Out 172 11. Circadian Cinemas 191 Notes 211 Selected Bibliography 245 wa BW N e

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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