Title Coming of age in Samoa : a study of adolescence and sex in primitive societies / Margaret Mead

Published Middlesex, Harmondsworth : Penguin (Firm), 1943

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W'PONDS	306.7099613 Mea/Coa		AVAILABLE

Description 240 pages ; 18 cm Series Pelican book Pelican book. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. A day in Samoa -- 3. The education of the Samoan child -- 4. The Samoan household -- 5. The girl and her age group -- 6. The girl in the community -- 7. Formal sex relations -- 8. The rôle of the dance -- 9. The attitude towards personality -- 10. The experience and individuality of the average girl -- 11. The girl in conflict -- 12. Maturity and old age -- 13. Our educational problems in the light of Samoan contrasts -- 14. Education for choice Analysis Children - Samoan Islands Girls - Samoan Islands Samoan Islands - Social life and customs Samoans - Psychology Women - Samoan Islands Notes First published 1928 Includes index Bibliography Includes index Notes Reprint. First published New York : Morrow, 1928 Subject Adolescence -- Samoa. Adolescence. Children -- Samoan Islands. Girls -- Samoan Islands. Girls. Sex customs -- Samoa. Teenagers -- Samoa. Sex customs. Women -- Samoan Islands. Youth -- Samoa. SUBJECT Samoa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97089384 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Samoa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117033 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Author Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. LC no. 44009611 ISBN 0140201270 (paperback)

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