Growing Up in New Guinea
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Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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| Growing Up in New Guinea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Growing Up in New Guinea Context triple: [Margaret Mead, notableWork, Growing Up in New Guinea]
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The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
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B.
The World Until Yesterday
The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
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C.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
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D.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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E.
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe is Jane Goodall’s reflective memoir and scientific account of her decades-long field research and close relationships with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Growing Up in New Guinea Target entity description: Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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A.
The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
-
B.
The World Until Yesterday
The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
-
C.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
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D.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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E.
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe is Jane Goodall’s reflective memoir and scientific account of her decades-long field research and close relationships with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
culture and personality school in anthropology
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debates on nature versus nurture ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| ethnographicMethod |
fieldwork
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participant observation ⓘ |
| examines |
impact of culture on emotional development
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learning processes in non-literate societies ⓘ relationship between culture and personality ⓘ |
| field | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
comparison with Western societies
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education in traditional societies ⓘ enculturation ⓘ family structure ⓘ gender roles ⓘ personality development ⓘ socialization of children ⓘ |
| genre | ethnography ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacterType |
Manus children
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Manus parents ⓘ |
| influenced | later anthropological studies of childhood ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nonfiction | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cross-cultural comparison of adolescence
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detailed description of Manus child-rearing practices ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Margaret Mead’s studies of culture and personality ⓘ |
| placeOfFieldwork | Admiralty Islands ⓘ |
| predecessor | Coming of Age in Samoa ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow and Company ⓘ |
| region | Melanesia ⓘ |
| setting |
Admiralty Islands
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surface form:
Manus Island
|
| subdiscipline |
childhood studies
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psychological anthropology ⓘ |
| subject |
Manus people
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adolescence ⓘ childhood ⓘ cultural development ⓘ |
| successor | Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in anthropology
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scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFieldwork | 1920s ⓘ |
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Subject: Growing Up in New Guinea Description of subject: Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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