Coming of Age in Samoa

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anthropological study book

Coming of Age in Samoa is a landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines Samoan adolescence to challenge Western assumptions about human development and culture.

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Coming of Age in Samoa canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropological study ⓘ
book ⓘ
aimsTo challenge Western assumptions about adolescence ⓘ
demonstrate cultural variability in human development ⓘ
author Margaret Mead ⓘ
conclusion adolescence is not inherently stressful ⓘ
adolescent turmoil is shaped by culture rather than biology alone ⓘ
controversy claims of misrepresentation of Samoan culture ⓘ
criticisms of Mead’s methods ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedBy Derek Freeman ⓘ
describedAs classic of ethnographic literature ⓘ
landmark work in anthropology ⓘ
describes Samoan attitudes toward sexuality ⓘ
Samoan child-rearing practices ⓘ
Samoan courtship practices ⓘ
Samoan household organization ⓘ
Samoan kinship patterns ⓘ
fieldworkDuration approximately nine months ⓘ
fieldworkLocation Taʻū ⓘ
surface form: Ta‘ū
focusesOn female adolescence ⓘ
sexual norms ⓘ
socialization ⓘ
genre cultural anthropology ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
hasEdition 1939 edition ⓘ
1950s edition ⓘ
later reprints ⓘ
hasPart comparisons between Samoan and American adolescence ⓘ
ethnographic case studies ⓘ
influenced American cultural anthropology ⓘ
developmental psychology ⓘ
feminist thought ⓘ
public debates about nature versus nurture ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Boas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Samoan adolescence ⓘ
Samoan culture ⓘ
adolescent development ⓘ
methodology interviews ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ
publicationYear 1928 ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
surface form: William Morrow
setting American Samoa ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly debates on ethnographic validity ⓘ
supervisedBy Franz Boas ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation cultural relativism ⓘ
culture and personality school ⓘ
timeOfFieldwork 1925 ⓘ
1926 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret Mead → notableWork → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies → relatedWorkByAuthor → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
Mead → notableWork → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Mead
Growing Up in New Guinea → predecessor → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
Sex and Temperament → precededBy → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
Sorcerers of Dobu → comparedWith → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ
Derek Freeman → criticizedWork → Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ