Dream Cultures
Author | : David Shulman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1999-07-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195352597 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195352599 |
Rating | : 4/5 (599 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dream Cultures written by David Shulman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.