Dream Cultures: Explorations in the Comparative History of Dreaming Contributor(s): Shulman, David (Editor), Stroumsa, Guy G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195123360 ISBN-13: 9780195123364 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $207.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: This volume offers a comparative, cross-cultural history of dreams. The essays examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams, as culled from a rich variety of religious contexts: China, India, the Americas, classical Greek and Roman antiquity, early Christianity, and medieval Judaism and Islam. Taken together, these pieces constitute an important first step toward a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the universal yet utterly unique world of dreams. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Self-help | Dreams |
Dewey: 135.3 |
LCCN: 98-17107 |
Lexile Measure: 1410 |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.36" W x 9.34" (1.55 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: This volume offers a comparative, cross-cultural history of dreams. The essays examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams, as culled from a rich variety of religious contexts: China, India, the Americas, classical Greek and Roman antiquity, early Christianity, and medieval Judaism and Islam. Taken together, these pieces constitute an important first step toward a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the universal yet utterly unique world of dreams. |