At the age of 23, anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78) traveled to American Samoa, where she undertook a unprecedented study of how adults relate to children, and how the relations between the sexes develop. As this revolutionary text demonstrates, her keen observations contain many ideas that are still powerful today—that sexuality is culturally-shaped, that adolescence need not be stressful, and that the lives of girls are worthy of attention and respect.
Coming Of Age In Samoa
Coming Of Age In Samoa
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At the age of 23, anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78) traveled to American Samoa, where she undertook a unprecedented study of how adults relate to children, and how the relations between the sexes develop. As this revolutionary text demonstrates, her keen observations contain many ideas that are still powerful today—that sexuality is culturally-shaped, that adolescence need not be stressful, and that
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