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Margaret Mead and Samoa

Presents new evidence in the controversy generated among anthropologists by Derek Freeman's refutation of Margaret Mead's Coming of age in Samoa.

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  • "In 1926, Margaret Mead, then a 23 year old Columbia University graduate, arrived in Samoa to carry out her study on the life of a Polynesian Island group. Her direction was to conclude whether nature or nurture was the predominant factor in determining the behaviour of the islands' inhabitants. During the seven months she was there, Margaret began her now famous book, Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she describes and idyllic culture free of the stresses of adolescence; a place of promiscuity, harmony and free love. the book gripped a generation of Americans and had a profound effect on future generations.In 1940, another 23 year old anthropology student, Derek Freeman, arrived in Samoa. As a fervent believer in Mead's Samoa, he awaited the island paradise whose description had so captivated him. Instead he encountered a puritanical and aggressive society. This perplexed him and for the next 40 years Freemand disproved Mead's theory, resulting in the publication of his book Margaret Mead and Samoa. The resulting conflict became the greatest crisis in anthropology and has made Professor Freeman a 'cause celebre'.--Cover."
  • "Examines the anthropological controversy between Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman regarding their studies about Polynesia Samoan adolescents. Includes interviews with Mead's friends, fellow academics, her daughter, and present-day Samoans, some of whom who were in Meads's own original field research."
  • "Presents new evidence in the controversy generated among anthropologists by Derek Freeman's refutation of Margaret Mead's Coming of age in Samoa."
  • "Presents new evidence in the controversy generated among anthropologists by Derek Freeman's refutation of Margaret Mead's Coming of age in Samoa."@en
  • "Examines the controversy caused by Derek Freeman's refutation of Margaret Mead's landmark work "Coming of age in Samoa." "For in devaluing Mead's research, Freeman appeared not only to attack a revered institution, but to challenge the entrenched liberal-political position of anthropology in the 'nature versus nurture' dialogue." (Container) es interviews with Mead's friends, peers, including Freeman, Mead's daughter and native Samoans."@en
  • "Presents new evidence in the debate over Derek Freeman's refutation of Margaret Mead's 'Coming of age in Samoa'. Features interviews with Freman and old film footage of Mead."@en
  • "Documents the Margaret Mead/Derek Freeman controversy in anthropology regarding the validity of Mead's findings in her 1928 work, Coming of Age in Samoa. Interviews their colleague and the Samoans themselves."
  • "Margaret Mead was one of the best-known women in American history. The book that made her famous was Coming of Age in Samoa which she wrote at the age of 23. In it she announced her discovery of a Polynesian culture free of the stresses of adolescence: a place of sexual promiscuity, free love and harmony. In 1940, Derek Freeman, another 23 year old anthropology student, arrived in Samoa. He expected to find the island paradise whose description had so captivated him. But instead, he encountered a society obsessed by rank, and where aggression rape and conflict was commonplace. After collecting evidence for thirty years, he published his refutation of Mead's book, an academic bombshell. The result has been one of the greatest controversies in the history of anthropology."@en
  • "In 1926, Margaret Mead, then a 23 year old Columbia University graduate, arrived in Samoa to carry out her study on the life of a Polynesian Island group. Her direction was to conclude whether nature or nurture was the predominant factor in determining the behaviour of the islands' inhabitants. During the seven months she was there, Margaret began her now famous book, Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she describes and idyllic culture free of the stresses of adolescence; a place of promiscuity, harmony and free love. the book gripped a generation of Americans and had a profound effect on future generations.In 1940, another 23 year old anthropology student, Derek Freeman, arrived in Samoa. As a fervent believer in Mead's Samoa, he awaited the island paradise whose description had so captivated him. Instead he encountered a puritanical and aggressive society. This perplexed him and for the next 40 years Freemand disproved Mead's theory, resulting in the publication of his book Margaret Mead and Samoa. The resulting conflict became the greatest crisis in anthropology and has made Professor Freeman a 'cause celebre'.--Cover."@en
  • "In 1926, Margaret Mead, then a 23 year old Columbia University graduate, arrived in Samoa to carry out her study on the life of a Polynesian Island group. Her direction was to conclude whether nature or nurture was the predominant factor in determining the behaviour of the islands' inhabitants. During the seven months she was there, Margaret began her now famous book, Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she describes and idyllic culture free of the stresses of adolescence; a place of promiscuity, harmony and free love. the book gripped a generation of Americans and had a profound effect on future generations.In 1940, another 23 year old anthropology student, Derek Freeman, arrived in Samoa. As a fervent believer in Mead's Samoa, he awaited the island paradise whose description had so captivated him. Instead he encountered a puritanical and aggressive society. This perplexed him and for the next 40 years Freemand disproved Mead's theory, resulting in the publication of his book Margaret Mead and Samoa. The resulting conflict became the greatest crisis in anthropology and has made Professor Freeman a 'cause celebre'.--Cover."
  • "Margaret Mead's famous book, Coming of age in Samoa, describes an island paradise where free love allowed children to pass through adolescence and into marriage. This description was refuted in 1983 by Derek Freeman, creating a great controversy in the field of anthropology. New evidence presented in this film may resolve this controversy."
  • ""Margaret Mead chronicled a Polynesian culture free from modern social stresses. Her work was later refuted by Derek Freeman, whose studies exposed a culture rife with conflict. This DVD provides startling evidence that may resolve one of the great controversies in the history of anthropology."--Insight Media website."

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