book chapter
The Senoi and their dream theory
mistique of dreams: a search for Utopia through Senoi dream theory • Berkeley • Published In 1985 • Pages: 13-34, 120-123
By: Domhoff, G. William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source the author reviews the literature relating to Senoi dream theory and practice and questions the exotic claims on this topic by some previous researchers. This source also includes some limited background information on Senoi economy, social organization, social relations, religion, and external relations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality disorders
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- Political Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Perak and Pahang, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. William Domhoff
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)