Work on dreams?

Lauren Meeker <ldm28@columbia.edu>

date Dec 12, 2006 8:27 AM

subject [Vsg] work on dreams?

Does anybody know if there is any work out there on dreams/dreaming in

Vietnam? I am interested in anything: sociological, psychological,

literary, etc. You can reply off-list, if you prefer.

Thanks in advance,

Kirsten Endres <kirsten.endres@gmx.net>

date Dec 12, 2006 7:35 PM

subject Re: [Vsg] work on dreams?

I don't know of any work on dreams/dreaming in Vietnam, but a small

household survey I conducted in Hanoi earlier this year reveiled that dreams

about deceased familiy members seem to be extemely common. A typical and

almost stereotype answer to my question whether the interviewee has ever

experienced an apparition of any kind was "I dreamed that my dead

(father/mother/brother etc.) came to my house and talked to me as if he/she

was still alive".