Coming of age : Margaret Mead, 1901- 1978 /

The most widely read, and best known anthropologist is probably Margaret Mead, an American who went study adolescence in the South Sea-Islands at the age of 23. Although her fieldwork has been criticised, she was nevertheless one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In America, Bali and New Guin...

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Corporate Author: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Other Authors: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, Singer, André, 1945- (Director), Dakowski, Bruce (Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1986.
Series:Ethnographic video online ; v. 2.
Strangers abroad : pioneers of social anthropology ; 5.
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Summary:The most widely read, and best known anthropologist is probably Margaret Mead, an American who went study adolescence in the South Sea-Islands at the age of 23. Although her fieldwork has been criticised, she was nevertheless one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In America, Bali and New Guinea she examined child development, sex and temperament to see what role society has in making people what they are. Adolescence was a time of emotional stress and personal conflict in America and Europe. Mead claimed that in Samoa, adolescence was in many ways the most enjoyable and happy time of life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 min.).
Playing Time:00:53:00