Book
Coming of age in Samoa; a psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation
W. Morrow & Company • New York • Published In 1928 • Pages:
By: Mead, Margaret.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a study of childhood and adolescence in the Manua Archipelago, Samoa. The author discusses Samoan personality development in the context of Samoan culture. The bulk of the material relates to the development of the girl and emphasis is placed on the adolescent period. Mead devotes considerable attention to sexual adjustment. Several case histories of Samoan girls appear in the text. These cases are all from three villages on the island of Tau, but additional material from other islands in Manua, and Samoa in general, is included. In a series of appendices the author comments on the methodology of her study. Appendix III is a cultural summary of contemporary Manua, including material on acculturation in all areas of life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Postnatal care
- Transmission of skills
- Household
- Adolescent activities
- Basis of marriage
- Premarital sex relations
- General sex restrictions
- Daily routine
- Pregnancy
- Kin relationships
- Visiting and hospitality
- Etiquette
- Childbirth
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Samoans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- William W. Stein ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1925-1926
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1928
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Samoa
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Margaret Mead ... foreword by Franz Boas ...
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28020670
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Girls--Samoan Islands/Children--Samoan Islands/Women, Samoan--Social life and customs/Adolescence/Samoan Islands--Social life and customs/Samoa