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1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Part I: Historical Foundation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: African Philosophy: Identity -- Philosophy and Culture -- God and African Spirituality -- Claiming an African Philosophy -- Akan Philosophy -- Yoruba Language and Philosophy -- Chapter 2: The Politics of African Philosophy -- Survival and Identity -- African Egyptian Philosophy -- Who Decides? -- Chapter 3: Re-Framing African Mythology -- Dreaming Goddess and God -- The Purpose and Function of Mythology |
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Racial Mythological Theories -- African Mythology Within a Diaspora Context -- Bynum, Malinowski, and Family -- Chapter 4: African Mythology and Changing Perspectives -- Cultural Mythopoetic -- The Spiritual Ground upon which We Stand and Build -- Moorings -- Bemba Mythology -- Two Historical Views of Mythology: Levi-Strauss and Eliade -- Part II: Dreamwork Practice -- Chapter 5: Analytical Psychology and Dreamwork -- The Tavistock Lectures -- Early Greek Dreamwork Practice -- Classical Jungian Dreamwork Practice -- Chapter 6: Traditional African Healing Practice: Dreamwork |
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Traditional African Healing -- Xhosa Healers -- Traditional Healers and Modern Medicine -- Chapter 7: Dreaming as a Creative Process -- Reflective Mirrors of Creativity -- Dreaming Writers -- Part III: Africanist Dreaming -- Chapter 8: Embodiment and Dreaming -- Post-Jungian Somatic Dreamwork -- Archetypal Psychology Dreaming -- Chapter 9: African American Dreamer Portrait Dialogues -- Liz -- Dreamer Portrait -- Liz -- Dreamer Dialogue -- Liz -- Dreamer Dialogue -- Kyesha -- Dreamer Portrait -- Kyesha -- Dreamer Dialogue -- Rae -- Dreamer Portrait -- Rae -- Dreamer Dialogue |
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Chapter 10: African American Dreamers: Themes and Mythological Motifs -- Dream Content Analysis -- Liz -- Dream 2 -- Dream 2 -- Symbols and Themes -- Dream 4 -- Dream 4 -- Symbols and Themes -- Dream 9 -- Dream 9 -- Symbols and Themes -- Kyesha -- Dream 2 -- Dream 4 -- Dream 4 -- Symbols and Themes -- Dream 6 -- Dream 6 -- Symbols and Themes -- Rae -- Dream 9a -- Dream 9b -- Symbols and Themes Dream 9a -- Symbols and Themes Dream 9b -- Dream 11a -- Dream 11b -- Symbols and Themes Dream 11a -- Symbols and Themes Dream 11b -- Cross Case Analysis -- Mythological Motifs -- Comparison of Dream Themes |
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Comparison of Dream Symbols -- Occurrence Frequency of Selected Dream Images among Dreamers -- Mythological Motifs in the Dreams -- Creation -- The Tree of Life -- Shamanic Ritual -- Dream Participants Feedback -- Chapter 11: Africanist Cultural Symbols and Dream Interpretation -- Cultural Symbols -- Interview Results -- The African American Family -- An African Unconscious and Ego Consciousness -- Ethnicity, Culture, and Dreams -- Africanist Dream Interpretation -- Chapter 12: Deepening the Dream -- Initial Dream -- Feminine Imagery -- MAWU -- Africanist Symbols: Personal Dream Attributes |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 13: Closing Reflections |
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Race relations -- Psychological aspects
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African Americans -- Psychology
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African Americans -- Race identity
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Jungian psychology
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African Americans -- Psychology.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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Jungian psychology.
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Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000899481 |
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1000899489 |
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