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

Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Part I: A Mimetic Theory of Dreams
	1: Mimesis and Dreaming: An Introduction
		Mimetic Dreaming
			Dreaming Cultural Models
			Dreaming the Self and Identities
		Supporting Research in Psychology
		Supporting Research in Anthropology
			American Ethnography and Anthropological Orientations
				The Place
			Data Collection and Methods
		References
	2: Mimetic Strategies of Signification in Dreams
		Four Signification Strategies
		The Pinup Model of and for Feminine Sexuality
		Clara
			Indefinite Images/Altered Memories
			Questions Posed as Something Missing
			Finding Analogous Metaphors
			Combining a Primary and a Secondary Cultural Model
		Objectification and American Models
		The Subject/Object Axis
		Dream as Deep Play
		References
	3: Mimesis in the Theater of Dreams
		Three Propositions
			Dreams as Meta-communicative
		Dylan
			Left Behind, Scene #1: Forgotten
			Left Behind, Scene #2: Memoirs
			Left Behind, Scene #3: The Kiss
			Left Behind, Scene #4: Climbing Upward
		Dream Mimesis as Complex Cognition
		References
	4: Mimesis Makes for Ambiguity
		Types of Dream Ambiguity
		Clarence
			On Dream Rumination
		References
Part II: Competing/Complementary Theories
	5: Mimesis Makes Metaphors
		Julio
		A Sensory Metaphor
		Cultural Model Metaphors
		Personal Metaphors
			Identity, Abjection, and Internalization
			Identities as Mobile Structures
		Personal Metaphors and Personal Symbols
		References
	6: Nightmares, or Threat Simulation as Mimetic Commentary
		Maria
			A Divided Self
		Alex
		Nightmares and Bad Dreams
		Nightmares, Development, and Anxiety Dreams
		References
	7: Beyond Continuity and Social Simulation
		Lane
		References
Part III: Mimesis and American Selves
	8: The Close Family and American Cultural Psychodynamics
		Four Close Family Features
			Close Family Defenses
		Ruby
		American Porosity
		Model–Defense Connections
		References
	9: Mirror-Phase Cultural Psychology and American Specular Selves
		The Mirror Phase and Specularity
			Specular Selves
		Specular Morality
			Charles
		Specular Identities and Interpellation
		Looking for the Inner Self
		Choice and Specularity
			Specularity and Cultural Theory
		References
	10: Dreams, Mimesis, and Consciousness
		Model Clusters
			On the Nature of Dream Mentation
		Piaget and the Mimetic Faculty
		Mimesis and Development
			Stage #1: Sensory-Metaphor Dreaming
			Stage #2: Cultural Dreaming
			Stages 3 and 4: Identity Dreaming
		References
Appendix: Cultural Methods of Dream Interpretation
	Chapter 2: Mimetic Analysis
	Chapter 4: Stage Analysis
	Chapter 4: Ambiguity Analysis
	Chapter 5: Metaphoric Analysis
	Chapter 6: Identity-Threat Analysis
	Chapter 7: Simulation Analysis
	Chapter 8: Dream Play
	Chapter 9: Dreaming Awry
References
Index