De auteur analyseert het onderzoek van Margaret Mead op Samoa in 1925 en 1926 naar de seksualiteit van meisjes en het opleiden van Franz Boas en Ruth Benedict. Op basis van correspondentie en de getuigenis van één van haar reisgenoten concludeert de auteur dat Mead's onderzoek b…
For most of the twentieth century, Margaret Mead's renowned book, Coming of Age in Samoa, has validated an antievolutionary anthropological paradigm that assumes that culture is the overwhelming determinant of human behavior. Her account of female adolescent sexuality in Samoa i…
For most of the twentieth century, Margaret Mead's renowned book, Coming of Age in Samoa, has validated an antievolutionary anthropological paradigm that assumes that culture is the overwhelming determinant of human behavior. Her account of female adolescent sexuality in Samoa i…
