Imprints of Dreaming

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In the main scientific discourse, dreaming is considered to be an activity taking place within individual minds. For this reason, dreaming is sharply contrasted with the waking condition, where individual minds and bodies are presumed to interact with each other and with shared environments. Current anthropological theories of dreaming often arise from this assumed distinction: For example, several anthropologists have recognised the significance of studying dreams for grasping possible discrepancies between actual experiences of self and cultural concepts of self in certain societies.This volume develops a novel anthropological approach to dreams by starting from the relationship between dreaming and waking life. We suggest that dreams are receptive to epistemologies embodied in persons, such as local dream theories, and to experiences derived from everyday situations and networks in which dreams occur. For this reason, many dreams are “event‐oriented” and the various papers in this volume demonstrate how dreams may help people to adjust to changing conditions, establish themselves as members of a society, to make sense of their experiences, actions and social relationships, as well as to achieve personal and political goals.View full textDownload full textKeywordsDreams, IntroductionRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2010.500617