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Social influences in Zulu dreaming

Journal of social psychology47Published In 1958 • Pages: 265-283

By: Lee, S. G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of Zulu dream is concerned with the ways '… the dreams of ordinary men and women … are circumscribed and influenced by the social pressures and sanctions of the culture' (p. 266). The data for this study were collected in a clinical situation by the author and a Zulu assistant. Information is given on the typical Zulu dream images and on the correlations between certain kinds of dreams and the age and sex of the dreamer. The author devotes a major portion of the article to a discussion of the ways in which situational stresses (especially those related to marital fertility) create anxieties that are played out in dreams.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Organization and analysis of results of research
Adjustment processes
Gender status
Revelation and divination
Ethnopsychology
Conception
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Zulu
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southern 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.
Psychologist
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
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1979
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital, Nqutu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
NotesAdditional notes
S. G. Lee
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
33021284
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Zulu (African people)