Margaret Mead and Samoa : the making and unmaking of an anthropological myth

Date:

1983.

Author:

Freeman, Derek.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

GN 671 S2 F73 1983 LOCAL

Publisher:

Harvard University Press

ISBN:

0674548302

Abstract:

The author presents his views refuting Margaret Meads̕ classic work on adolescence and sexuality in Samoa.

Physical Description:

xvii, 379 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy is from the Paul Leser collection. LOCAL

Subjects:

Ethnology Samoan Islands, Adolescence, Nature and nurture, Ethnology Samoan Islands, Ethnology, Adolescent, Ethnologie Samoa, Adolescence, Hérédité et milieu, Adolescence, Ethnology, Nature and nurture, Culturele antropologie. gtt, Adolescentie. gtt, Ethnology Samoan Islands. nli, and Adolescence Samoan Islands. nli

Names:

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Coming of age in Samoa, Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, and Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. nli

Geographic Terms:

Samoan Islands and Samoan Islands Social life and customs. nli