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Direct linkKrek, Janez – SAGE Open, 2020
The apparently readily comprehensible descriptive discourse in Margaret Mead's famous ethnographic study "Coming of Age in Samoa" (1928) (CAS) presents a discursive challenge that is greater than one might expect from a book that has gained a wide readership. Through theoretical analysis, and in relation to the notorious Mead/Freeman…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Pacific Islanders
Peer reviewedCote, James E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
The controversy between Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman about Mead's work (1928) on coming of age in Samoa in the 1920s is analyzed. Freeman's claim to have refuted Mead's findings can be easily refuted itself. Mead's study, arguing that adolescent turmoil is not universal, stands the test of time. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anthropology, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
