Author: Derek Freeman
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780140225556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.
Margaret Mead and Samoa
Author: Derek Freeman
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780140225556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780140225556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.
COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA
Author: MARGARET. MEAD
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033030912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033030912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Trashing of Margaret Mead
Author: Paul Shankman
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299234533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead published Coming of Age in Samoa, a fascinating study of the lives of adolescent girls that transformed Mead herself into an academic celebrity. 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. In venues from the New York Times to the TV show Donahue, Freeman argued that Mead had been “hoaxed” by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman 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. Providing a critical perspective on Freeman’s arguments, Shankman reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Why were Freeman’s arguments so readily accepted by pundits outside the field of anthropology? What did Samoans themselves think? Can Mead’s reputation be salvaged from the quicksand of controversy? Written in an engaging, clear style and based on a careful review of the evidence, The Trashing of Margaret Mead illuminates questions of enduring significance to the academy and beyond. 2010 Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “The Trashing of Margaret Mead reminds readers of the pitfalls of academia. It urges scholars to avoid personal attacks and to engage in healthy debate. The book redeems Mead while also redeeming the field of anthropology. By showing the uniqueness of the Mead-Freeman case, Shankman places his continued confidence in academia, scholars, and the field of anthropology.”—H-Net Reviews
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299234533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead published Coming of Age in Samoa, a fascinating study of the lives of adolescent girls that transformed Mead herself into an academic celebrity. 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. In venues from the New York Times to the TV show Donahue, Freeman argued that Mead had been “hoaxed” by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman 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. Providing a critical perspective on Freeman’s arguments, Shankman reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Why were Freeman’s arguments so readily accepted by pundits outside the field of anthropology? What did Samoans themselves think? Can Mead’s reputation be salvaged from the quicksand of controversy? Written in an engaging, clear style and based on a careful review of the evidence, The Trashing of Margaret Mead illuminates questions of enduring significance to the academy and beyond. 2010 Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “The Trashing of Margaret Mead reminds readers of the pitfalls of academia. It urges scholars to avoid personal attacks and to engage in healthy debate. The book redeems Mead while also redeeming the field of anthropology. By showing the uniqueness of the Mead-Freeman case, Shankman places his continued confidence in academia, scholars, and the field of anthropology.”—H-Net Reviews
Not Even Wrong
Author: Martin Orans
Publisher: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Margaret Mead and the Heretic
Author: Derek Freeman
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The late renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead's major field-work study COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA became the key text in the nature-nurture controversy and a reference point for the social and sexual revolution of the 1960s. Derek Freeman's book, updated here with a new Foreword, refutes Mead's work, claiming she was misinformed by Samoan natives regarding the sexual proclivities of their culture.
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The late renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead's major field-work study COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA became the key text in the nature-nurture controversy and a reference point for the social and sexual revolution of the 1960s. Derek Freeman's book, updated here with a new Foreword, refutes Mead's work, claiming she was misinformed by Samoan natives regarding the sexual proclivities of their culture.
The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead
Author: Derek Freeman
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What if, having neglected the problem she had been sent to investigate, she relied at the last moment on the tales of two traveling companions who jokingly misled her about the sexual behavior of Samoan girls? What if her famous study was based on a hoax?
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What if, having neglected the problem she had been sent to investigate, she relied at the last moment on the tales of two traveling companions who jokingly misled her about the sexual behavior of Samoan girls? What if her famous study was based on a hoax?
She Never Looked Back
Author: Sam Epstein
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780698307155
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A brief biography of the well-known anthropologist concentrating on her first important studies in Samoa in the mid-1920's.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780698307155
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A brief biography of the well-known anthropologist concentrating on her first important studies in Samoa in the mid-1920's.
Margaret Mead and Samoa
Author: Derek Freeman
Publisher: Canberra : Australian National University Press
ISBN: 9780708112717
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Publisher: Canberra : Australian National University Press
ISBN: 9780708112717
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Coming of Age in Samoa
Author: Margaret Mead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Quest for the Real Samoa
Author: Lowell D. Holmes
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0897891627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mr. Holmes' study is . . . the basic stuff of competent ethnography, that combination of science and art in which the details of daily life are systematically observed, analyzed and constructed into a cultural account. . . He concludes that Margaret Mead was essentially correct in her depiction of coming of age in Samoa in 1925, concerned as she was to compare it with adolescence in the United States at that time. New York Times Book Review Thanks to Holmes' compelling review of the `great debate,' we see [all these things] more clearly because he is acting as more than just an informed guide to the facts and the issues; he is providing an insightful exposition on the nature of anthropological inquiry. Science Book & Films
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0897891627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mr. Holmes' study is . . . the basic stuff of competent ethnography, that combination of science and art in which the details of daily life are systematically observed, analyzed and constructed into a cultural account. . . He concludes that Margaret Mead was essentially correct in her depiction of coming of age in Samoa in 1925, concerned as she was to compare it with adolescence in the United States at that time. New York Times Book Review Thanks to Holmes' compelling review of the `great debate,' we see [all these things] more clearly because he is acting as more than just an informed guide to the facts and the issues; he is providing an insightful exposition on the nature of anthropological inquiry. Science Book & Films