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The Trashing Of Margaret Mead
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2009-12-03
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-03 with Social Science categories.
In 1928 Margaret Mead published Coming of Age in Samoa, a fascinating study of the lives of adolescent girls that transformed Mead herself into an academic celebrity. In 1983 anthropologist Derek Freeman published a scathing critique of Mead’s Samoan research, badly damaging her reputation. Resonating beyond academic circles, his case against Mead tapped into important public concerns of the 1980s, including sexual permissiveness, cultural relativism, and the nature/nurture debate. In venues from the New York Times to the TV show Donahue, Freeman argued that Mead had been “hoaxed” by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. Providing a critical perspective on Freeman’s arguments, Shankman reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Why were Freeman’s arguments so readily accepted by pundits outside the field of anthropology? What did Samoans themselves think? Can Mead’s reputation be salvaged from the quicksand of controversy? Written in an engaging, clear style and based on a careful review of the evidence, The Trashing of Margaret Mead illuminates questions of enduring significance to the academy and beyond. 2010 Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “The Trashing of Margaret Mead reminds readers of the pitfalls of academia. It urges scholars to avoid personal attacks and to engage in healthy debate. The book redeems Mead while also redeeming the field of anthropology. By showing the uniqueness of the Mead-Freeman case, Shankman places his continued confidence in academia, scholars, and the field of anthropology.”—H-Net Reviews
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Ethnology categories.
"In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it."--Back cover.
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Trashing Of Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Ethnology categories.
"In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it."--Back cover.
Margaret Mead
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Author : Paul Shankman
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2021-07-16
Margaret Mead written by Paul Shankman and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This short volume is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to learn about, arguably, the most famous anthropologist of the twentieth century. “Since her death, a steady drip of books about Mead, one of the most significant women in twentieth century social science and American society, has appeared, some interesting, many quite a bit less so. While Shankman’s biography makes use of them, it nevertheless stands out among the better ones, not only for its well-informed and balanced view of Mead, but also for its concision.”—Times Literary Supplement Tracing Mead’s career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her career. The book looks at Mead’s early career through the end of World War II, when she produced her most important anthropological works, as well as her role as a public figure in the post-war period, through the 1960s until her death in 1978. The criticisms of Mead are also discussed and analyzed. From the introduction: After her death, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.... On the other side of the world, Mead’s passing was remembered in a very different context. On the island of Manus off the coast of New Guinea, the people of Pere village also mourned her death. Mead first studied the people of Pere in the late 1920s, returning in the 1950s with further visits thereafter. Over a span of five decades, she touched their lives, and they touched hers. Such was Mead’s stature that they commemorated her death with a ceremony befitting a great leader.
The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead
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Author : Derek Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1999
The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead written by Derek Freeman and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
What if, having neglected the problem she had been sent to investigate, she relied at the last moment on the tales of two traveling companions who jokingly misled her about the sexual behavior of Samoan girls? What if her famous study was based on a hoax?
Coming Of Age In Samoa
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Author : Margaret Mead
language : en
Publisher: Digireads.com
Release Date : 2024-05-07
Coming Of Age In Samoa written by Margaret Mead and has been published by Digireads.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-07 with Social Science categories.
First published in 1928, "Coming of Age in Samoa" is Margaret Mead's classic sociological examination of adolescence during the first part of the 20th century in American Samoa. Sent by the Social Science Research Council to study the youths of a so-called "primitive" culture, Margaret Mead would spend nine months attempting to ascertain if the problems of adolescences in western society were merely a function of youth or a result of cultural and social differences. "Coming of Age in Samoa" is her report of those findings, in which the author details various aspects of Samoan life including, education, social and household structure, and sexuality. The book drew great public interest when it was first published and also criticism from those who did not like the perceived message that the carefree sexuality of Samoan girls might be the reason for their lack of neuroses. "Coming of Age in Samoa" has also been criticized for the veracity of Mead's account, though current public opinion seems to fall on the side of her work being largely a factual one, if not one of great anthropological rigor. At the very least "Coming of Age in Samoa" remains an interesting historical account of tribal Samoan life during the first part of the 20th century. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
Coming Of Age In American Anthropology
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Author : Malopa'upo Isaia
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Coming Of Age In American Anthropology written by Malopa'upo Isaia and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the book, and a must read, of the century. It's anthropological history in the re-making. The American Anthropological best seller, the Chief Malopa'upo Isaia, a descendant of the Tuimanu'a (king of Manu'a), the very people in Margaret Mead's book, has now raised some very serious traditional and legal issues, in relation to Margaret Mead's book, Columbia University's role, and the American Anthropological Association's 'professional' role. In his book, "Coming of age in American Anthropology", the Chief is now ordering the removal, withdrawal, and the disassociation, of every material by Margaret Mead on his cultural intellectual property. He has also outlined several legal issues which will have serious ramifications globally, on any academic who undertakes any cultural fieldwork, on someone else's cultural intellectual property. The Coming of age in American Anthropology, may well opens the floodgate to civil lawsuits from the two Samoan Governments for billions of dollars in damages to the business community, the Tourism Industry of Samoa, and from the descendants of the King of Manu'a. It is definitely the case of the century, and a must read for all students of anthropology, psychology, sociology, and law. Chief Malopa'upo Isaia is a name to watch for, as his work will without a doubt change the face of American Anthropology forever.
Margaret Mead And Samoa
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Author : Derek Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Release Date : 1985-01
Margaret Mead And Samoa written by Derek Freeman and has been published by Penguin Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01 with Social Science categories.
In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.
Not Even Wrong
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Author : Martin Orans
language : en
Publisher: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Incorporated
Release Date : 1996
Not Even Wrong written by Martin Orans and has been published by Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Truth S Fool
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Author : Peter J. Hempenstall
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017
Truth S Fool written by Peter J. Hempenstall and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Reveals the intellectual complexities and internal struggles of the New Zealand anthropologist whose strident repudiation of Margaret Mead's work set off one of the most ferocious scholarly feuds of the twentieth century.