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Author:   Jeannette Marie Mageo
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780791457887

ISBN 10:   0791457885
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   17 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview 1. Theorizing Dreaming and the Self Jeannette Marie Mageo 2. Subjectivity and Identity in Dreams Jeannette Marie Mageo Part 2: Revisioning the Self and Dreams 3. Diasporic Dreaming, Identity, and Self-Constitution Katherine Pratt Ewing 4. Selfscape Dreams Douglas Hollan 5. Race, Postcoloniality, and Identity in Samoan Dreams Jeannette Marie Mageo 6. Memory, Emotion, and the Imaginal Mind Michele Stephen Part 3: Self-Revelation and Dream Interpretation 7. Dreams That Speak: Experience and Interpretation Erika Bourguignon 8. Dream: Ghost of a Tiger, a System of Human Words Waud H. Kracke 9. The Anthropological Import of Blocked Access to Dream Associations Melford E. Spiro 10. Concluding Reflections Vincent Crapanzano References Contributors Index

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"""This outstanding anthology promises to propel the anthropological study of dreaming in important new directions. Indeed, researchers who assume that psychology and cognitive neuroscience are the primary disciplines of dream investigation will likely be surprised at the thought-provoking and critically acute discussions in this book."""

""This outstanding anthology promises to propel the anthropological study of dreaming in important new directions. Indeed, researchers who assume that psychology and cognitive neuroscience are the primary disciplines of dream investigation will likely be surprised at the thought-provoking and critically acute discussions in this book.""

This outstanding anthology promises to propel the anthropological study of dreaming in important new directions. Indeed, researchers who assume that psychology and cognitive neuroscience are the primary disciplines of dream investigation will likely be surprised at the thought-provoking and critically acute discussions in this book.

Author Information

Jeannette Marie Mageo is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University and the editor of several books, including most recently Power and the Self. She is also the author of Theorizing Self in Samoa: Emotions, Genders, and Sexualities.

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