Dreaming and the Imagination

Matthew D. Newsom is an Assistant Professor of anthropology in the Department of History, Sociology, and Anthropology at Southern Utah University. His research on the topics of dreaming and collective memories among young German adults has appeared in several edited volumes, including New Directions in the Anthropology of Dreaming (Routledge, 2020).

“This is an excellent work and will rank as a top resource in its field ... The editor has skillfully persuaded the contributors to orient their works around core issues of the imagination. This establishes a high degree of conceptual and methodological consistency through the book.” • Kelly Bulkeley, Director, ‘The Sleep and Dream Database’“Makes an argument for how the theme of dreams and dreaming may take on a more central role in advancing anthropological theory. This is ambitious and refreshing, and I appreciate it a lot.” • Maria Louw, Aarhus University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Dreams and the Imagination in AnthropologyMatthew D. NewsomPart I: Dreaming ImaginariesChapter 1. Dreams, Narratives, and (Moral) ImaginariesJeannette Marie MageoChapter 2. Attributing Dream Experience to Spiritual Others to Explain Dreamed Foreshadowing Among the AsabanoRoger Ivar LohmannChapter 3. Imagining Berlin: Emotional Memories, Models, and ValuesMatthew D. NewsomPart II: Imagining DreamsChapter 4. Imagining Enlightenment: Pristine Awareness in Tibetan BuddhismBruce KnauftChapter 5. Dreams, Dreaming, and the Status of the Imaginary in Indigenous Worlding PracticesSylvie PoirierChapter 6. Imagining Dreams in Art and in AnthropologyLydia Nakashima DegarrodAfterword: Dreaming and the Imaginal SpectrumRobin E. SheriffIndex