The Mimetic Nature of Dream Mentation: American Selves in Re-formation

Mimesis and the Dream explores the encounters of young people with American cultures and the identities that derive from these encounters, grounding theory in actual cases and offering insights into twenty-first-century debates and problems within multiple disciplines.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 314 pages
Publication date: 14 January 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book, spanning over a decade of research, seamlessly weaves together dream studies, cognitive anthropology, humanities perspectives on mimesis, ambiguity, and metaphor, as well as current dream research in psychology, and recent work in economic and political relations. Through its exploration of the dreamscapes of diverse young individuals, Mimesis and the Dream delves into their encounters with American cultures and the identities that emerge from these interactions. While ethnographies typically focus on shared social habits and practices, this book delves into shared aspects of subjectivity and how individuals represent and contemplate these aspects in their dreams. Each chapter firmly establishes theory through real-life examples, making it an invaluable resource for scholars across various disciplines. Moreover, it showcases how dreaming offers insightful perspectives into twenty-first-century debates and problems within these disciplines, offering a vital and theoretically eclectic approach to dream studies.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030902339
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022