Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation

Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
ISBN-10
4871872343
ISBN-13
9784871872348
Series
Coming of Age in Samoa
Category
Social Science
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2014-12-11
Author
Margaret Mead

Description

This book is the outstanding and most frequently cited work in the field of Anthropology. It made the author world-famous and established her as the leader in her field for the next 50 years. One of the reasons this book became so famous was her observation that young Samoan women deferred marriage for many years while enjoying casual sex before eventually choosing a husband. This led to the Sexual Revolution that swept America in the 1960s and brought about the establishment of the Sexual Freedom League and other organizations. The Free Love generation idolized Margaret Mead.

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