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Social influences in Zulu dreaming

Journal of social psychology47 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 265-283

By: Lee, S. G..

Abstract
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.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Organization and analysis of results of research
Adjustment processes
Gender status
Revelation and divination
Ethnopsychology
Conception
culture
Zulu
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Psychologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1979
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital, Nqutu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Notes
S. G. Lee
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
33021284
LCSH
Zulu (African people)