| Description |
xvii, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
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Studies in American thought and culture |
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Studies in American thought and culture.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Paul S. Boyer -- Pt. 1. The Controversy and the Media -- 1. The Controversy in the Media -- 2. Selling the Controversy -- Pt. 2. Derek Freeman -- 3. Derek Freeman, the Critic -- 4. Psychoanalysis, Freeman, and Mead -- Pt. 3. Margaret Mead and Coming of Age in Samoa -- 5. Young Margaret Mead -- 6. First Fieldwork in Samoa -- 7. Writing Coming of Age in Samoa -- 8. Mead's American Audience in the 1920s -- Pt. 4. Sex, Lies, and Samoans -- 9. What the Controversy Meant to Samoans -- 10. Samoan Sexual Conduct: Belief and Behavior -- 11. Under the Coconut Palms -- 12. Virginity and the History of Sex in Samoa -- Pt. 5. The Broader Issues -- 13. The Many Versions of the Hoaxing Hypothesis -- 14. The Nature-Nurture Debate and the Appeal of Freeman's Argument -- Appendix. True Confessions |
| Summary |
In 1928 Margaret Mead published 'Coming of Age in Samoa'. In 1983 anthropologist Derek Freeman published a scathing critique of Mead's Samoan research, badly damaging her reputation. Resonating beyond academic circles, his case against Mead tapped into important public concerns of the 1980s, including sexual permissiveness, cultural relativism, and the nature/nurture debate. Freeman argued that Mead had been 'hoaxed' by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. Explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. Providesa critical perspective on Freeman's arguments |
| Analysis |
Cultural anthropology |
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Freeman, Derek |
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Mead, Margaret |
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Overseas item |
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Samoa |
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Sexuality |
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Youth |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index |
| Notes |
Also available as an e-book |
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English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Freeman, Derek (John Derek), 1916-2001. Fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead : a historical analysis of her Samoan research
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Freeman, Derek.
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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Coming of Age in Samoa
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Adolescence.
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Ethnology -- Methodology.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Samoa.
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Ethnology -- Samoan Islands.
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Women anthropologists -- Samoa -- Biography.
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Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Boyer, Paul S.
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| LC no. |
2009008197 |
| ISBN |
0299234533 (e-book) |
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0299234541 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780299234539 (ebook) |
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9780299234546 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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