Coming of age in Samoa : A psychological study of primitive youth for western…
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"Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation" by Margaret Mead is an anthropological study published in 1928. Based on fieldwork with adolescent girls in American Samoa, Mead explores whether teenage turmoil stems from biology or culture. Her findings challenged Western assumptions about adolescence and sparked fierce debate in the nature versus nurture controversy. The book became anthropology's most widely read work, yet remains intensely contested,
with critics questioning Mead's methods and conclusions about Samoan sexual norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 |
| LoC No. | 28020670 |
| Title | Coming of age in Samoa : A psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation |
| Original Publication | New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa |
| Credits | Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 55.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas) |
| Subject | Adolescence |
| Subject | Samoans -- Psychology |
| Subject | Girls -- Samoan Islands |
| Subject | Children -- Samoan Islands |
| Subject | Women, Samoan -- Social life and customs |
| Subject | Samoan Islands -- Social life and customs |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 74750 |
| Release Date | Nov 16, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 792 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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