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The dreams of young Gusii women: a content analysis
Ethnology • 21 (1) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 63-77
By: LeVine, Sarah.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study explores the relationship between the manifest content and the affective tone of the dreams of some 22 young Gusii women in terms of the social, emotional, and psychological tighrope on which they lead their lives. For the most part, these dreams, 88 in number, are tightly condensed and stereotyped. There is a notable absence of imagery and metaphor, and, despite the fact that they are frequent participants at ritual occasions, their dreams are largely denuded of cultural symbolism (p. 75).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Life history materials
- Comparative evidence
- Sociocultural trends
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1976, 1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sarah LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)