book chapter

The Senoi and their dream theory

mistique of dreams: a search for Utopia through Senoi dream theoryBerkeleyPublished 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)