Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing

by Paul C. Rosenblatt

Overview

A fascinating look at the social experience of sharing a bed with another person.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791468302
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	07/13/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul C. Rosenblatt is Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the author of many books, including (with Beverly R. Wallace) African American Grief; Help Your Marriage Survive the Death of a Child; Parent Grief: Narratives of Loss and Relationship; (with Terri A. Karis and Richard D. Powell) Multiracial Couples: Black & White Voices; and Metaphors of Family Systems Theory: Toward New Constructions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Forming the Couple System: Learning to Share a Bed

3. The Bed

4. Going to Bed

5. Activities in the Transition from Awake to Sleep

6. Temperature Preferences

7. Talking and Touching

8. Anger and the Couple Bed

9. Illness and Injury

10. How Can You Sleep So Soundly When I’m So Wide Awake?

11. Outside Intrusions into Couple Sleep

12. Bathroom Trips, Tossing and Turning, Restless Legs, Sleep Talking, Grinding Teeth, and Nightmares

13. Snoring and Sleep Apnea

14. Safety, Intimacy, and Why Couples Sleep Together

15. Waking Up in the Morning

16. Weekends

17. Everyday Life and the Couple System

Appendix
References
Index