Thesis
Capitalism Collapsing: American College Students' Dreams During the Onset of a Global Pandemic
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004466
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/123177
Abstract
This article analyzes undergraduate dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic through recurrent dream images and feelings explored through metaphors. The aim is to understand students’ psychological preoccupations and how these were influenced by their culture. The data is from students enrolled in an Anthropology course in session when the pandemic hit. A “before and after” research framework provided a basis to compare prior and post pandemic themes and preoccupations. To explore the pandemic effect on American university students, this article examines individual lives alongside larger social structures, in particular the parts of the economy impacted by the pandemic. In addition, this article explores the relationship of these images to cultural models. Images salient during the pandemic are linked to dreamer’s overt and covert preoccupations after the pandemic declaration period.
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- Title
- Capitalism Collapsing
- Creators
- Meghan Paul
- Contributors
- Jeannette Mageo (Advisor)Edward Hagen (Committee Member)Marsha Quinlan (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 54
- Identifiers
- 99900882026301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis