Coming of Age in Samoa
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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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book → |
| aimsTo |
challenge Western assumptions about adolescence
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demonstrate cultural variability in human development → |
| author |
Margaret Mead
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| conclusion |
adolescence is not inherently stressful
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adolescent turmoil is shaped by culture rather than biology alone → |
| controversy |
claims of misrepresentation of Samoan culture
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criticisms of Mead’s methods → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizedBy |
Derek Freeman
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| describedAs |
classic of ethnographic literature
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landmark work in anthropology → |
| describes |
Samoan attitudes toward sexuality
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Samoan child-rearing practices → Samoan courtship practices → Samoan household organization → Samoan kinship patterns → |
| fieldworkDuration |
approximately nine months
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| fieldworkLocation |
Ta‘ū
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| focusesOn |
female adolescence
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sexual norms → socialization → |
| genre |
cultural anthropology
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ethnography → |
| hasEdition |
1939 edition
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1950s edition → later reprints → |
| hasPart |
comparisons between Samoan and American adolescence
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ethnographic case studies → |
| influenced |
American cultural anthropology
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developmental psychology → feminist thought → public debates about nature versus nurture → |
| influencedBy |
Franz Boas
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| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
Samoan adolescence
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Samoan culture → adolescent development → |
| methodology |
interviews
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participant observation → |
| publicationYear |
1928
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| publisher |
William Morrow
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| setting |
American Samoa
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| subjectOf |
scholarly debates on ethnographic validity
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| supervisedBy |
Franz Boas
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| theoreticalOrientation |
cultural relativism
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culture and personality school → |
| timeOfFieldwork |
1925
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1926 → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead → |
notableWork |
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Growing Up in New Guinea
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predecessor |
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Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
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relatedWorkByAuthor |