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Dreams in Myth, Medicine, and Movies
By Sharon Packer
247 pages
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- Praeger
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- Westport, CT
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- 2002
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Synopsis
Cinema--invented just before psychoanalysis formally developed--primed the public and scholars to rethink ideas about dreams. The author describes how surrealist artists purposely applied Freudian dream theories to their art to make the public aware of "modern" ideas about dreams. Most of our current cultural consciousness about the psychological value of dreams is traced to classical and contemporary cinema. This work examines how residuals of past approaches to dreams make conceptions of dreams ...
Cinema--invented just before psychoanalysis formally developed--primed the public and scholars to rethink ideas about dreams. The author describes how surrealist artists purposely applied Freudian dream theories to their art to make the public aware of "modern" ideas about dreams. Most of our current cultural consciousness about the psychological value of dreams is traced to classical and contemporary cinema. This work examines how residuals of past approaches to dreams make conceptions of dreams in psychoanalysis and science more complex than ever today.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1 - Before We Begin 1
- 2 - Dreams and Definitions 7
- 3 - Myth and Meaning 17
- 4 - Film and Photography 29
- 5 - Cinema and Cyberspace 47
- 6 - Sleep and Social Control 61
- 7 - Science Fiction and Sleep 75
- 8 - Deities and Demons 85
- Notes 102
- 9 - Shamans and Sorcerers 105
- 10 - Reason and Romance 125
- 11 - Symbolism and Surrealism 151
- 12 - Psyche and Soul 169
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1 - Before We Begin 1
- 2 - Dreams and Definitions 7
- 3 - Myth and Meaning 17
- 4 - Film and Photography 29
- 5 - Cinema and Cyberspace 47
- 6 - Sleep and Social Control 61
- 7 - Science Fiction and Sleep 75
- 8 - Deities and Demons 85
- Notes 102
- 9 - Shamans and Sorcerers 105
- 10 - Reason and Romance 125
- 11 - Symbolism and Surrealism 151
- 12 - Psyche and Soul 169
- 13 - Body and Brain 199
- 14 - Foretelling the Future 219
- Bibliography 225
- Index 231
- About the Author 237