Project Gutenberg 2024-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 668 Mead, Margaret 1901 1978 Boas, Franz 1858 1942 Boaz, Franz 28020670 Coming of age in Samoa : $b A psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation $aNew York :$bWilliam Morrow & Company, $c1928. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Coming of Age in Samoa" by Margaret Mead is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This pioneering ethnographic study investigates the lives and psychological experiences of adolescent girls in Samoan society, contrasting their development with that of their American counterparts in the context of their cultural norms and practices. The book seeks to understand whether the challenges associated with adolescence are inherent to this developmental stage or influenced by societal factors. The opening of the text introduces readers to Mead’s immersive journey in Samoa, where she dedicates her research to the young girls of the Taū region. She discusses the prevailing theoretical perspectives on adolescence in Western civilization and the significant role of cultural context. Mead outlines her method of anthropological investigation, emphasizing her intent to engage deeply with the local community and their way of life. The introductory chapters set the stage for her detailed observations, juxtaposing the behaviors and life experiences of Samoan youth against Western notions of adolescence, ultimately posing the pivotal question of how much of what is deemed "normal" in adolescence stems from cultural expectations rather than natural development. Mead's work aims to highlight the diversity of human experience through contrasting cultures and their influence on emotional and psychological growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/comingofageinsam00mead/page/n5/mode/2up 20240101041344mead 1928 US Reading ease score: 55.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Adolescence Samoans -- Psychology Girls -- Samoan Islands Children -- Samoan Islands Women, Samoan -- Social life and customs Samoan Islands -- Social life and customs DU Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Sociology 602334 2025-09-29T12:43:34.876204 text/html 576524 2024-11-16T12:43:58 text/html 3394679 2025-09-29T12:43:45.640096 application/epub+zip 3391889 2025-09-29T12:43:37.616114 application/epub+zip 510130 2025-09-29T12:43:35.934143 application/epub+zip 5759746 2025-09-29T12:43:50.771090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5710747 2025-09-29T12:43:44.041089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492642 2025-09-29T12:43:33.670174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472637 2024-11-16T12:43:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18486 2025-09-29T12:43:50.931077 application/rdf+xml 15411 2025-09-29T12:43:36.184118 image/jpeg 2180 2025-09-29T12:43:36.059130 image/jpeg 3646885 2025-09-29T12:43:34.980168 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia