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263 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................. The debts incurred in writing my dissertation were many. Those incurred in its transformation from that state into its present form were much more intimate. My dissertation committee, Bruce Braun, Jean Langford, and Thomas Wolfe, helped me move from dissertation to the first draft of the book; Jean, especially, continued to push me in my thinking about medicine and its social and somatic effects. Faculty in the medical school at the University of Minnesota helped me understand sleep and its richness . I am especially indebted to Mark Mahowald, Carlos Schenck, and Michel Cramer-Bornemann, who convinced me sleep is worth thinking about. Financial support for this research was provided through generous grants from the University of Minnesota and the National Science Foundation’s Science, Technology, and Society directorate. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided generous funding through the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Advanced Study for the completion of the book manuscript—and for my beginning work on its sequel. My dissertation adviser, Karen-Sue Taussig, single-handedly convinced me to continue my education and training as an anthropologist. She has long been supportive and thoughtful in her provocations, and this book would be less without the benefit of her guidance. Along with Jon Kahn and Emma Kahn Taussig, Karen-Sue gives me a family away from home whenever I find myself in Minnesota. Or Amsterdam. Colleagues at Wayne State University, especially Jacalyn Harden, offered me excellent feedback on my numerous talks there. I also benefited from audience comments and conversations at the University of Chicago, Acknowledgments 264 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University, the University of Vienna, and Rice University. I have accumulated many friends and colleagues over the years of giving talks for anthropologists and others, and Davin Heckman, Sam Collins, Seth Messinger, Tiffany Romain, Stephanie Lloyd, and Gretchen Bakke deserve special mention for their continued friendship. My colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been generous with their time and insight. Don Brenneis and Lisa Rofel have been dedicated and supportive mentors; both read this book in a much earlier state. Lisa deserves special acclaim for reading it again—and for pushing me to clarify my thought even further. Danilyn Rutherford and Nancy Chen both engaged with the text in generative ways, and I am indebted to their readings. This book has taken the shape it has as a result of my formative early career years at the University of California, Santa Cruz; if I were somewhere else, it may not be what it is. I am especially grateful to my editor, Jason Weidemann, who sought me out after hearing about my work; he saw a future for the book that I didn’t. My thanks to Jason and his fellow editors at the University of Minnesota Press, who dare to promote thought and are wonderful hosts. Stacy Leigh Pigg was tasked with producing two reviews of the manuscript , both of which were appreciated, as was a third review from an anonymous reader. My deepest thanks go to my partner, Katherine Martineau, who has been living with this book, in one form or another, for more years than we should recount. She has been patient as I stumble through explanations , and she has been a pragmatic and demanding editor. Without her, my sentences would be longer. She has endured my many frustrations , sleepless nights, and textual anxieties. I couldn’t ask for a better bed partner. Although he will never read this, I also acknowledge our dog, Turtle, who ensured that I wasn’t always at my desk and that, when I sleep, my feet are rarely cold. And thanks to Felix, our son, who is (generally ) an amazing sleeper: if he were to sleep in any other way, this book would not be in your hands today. ...

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