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Dreaming as world view and action in Guajiro culture
Journal of Latin American Lore • 7 (2) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 239-254
By: Watson, Lawrence Craig.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay shows specifically how the Guajiro have conceptualized dreams into a coherent cognitive model which defines the nature of Guajiro reality. As a statement of seemingly mysterious, yet orderly processes that underlie experience, dreaming in Guajiro culture functions ...as a guide to behavior, and, as such, serves social and psychological functions that are adaptive in the larger sociocultural context (p. 239).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnopsychology
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Spirits and gods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Goajiro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwestern South America
- 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; 2011
- 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)
- Guajira Peninsula, Colombia and Venezuela, South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lawrence C. Watson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 254)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75648807
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Goajiro Indians