Margaret Mead and the Heretic
| Title | Margaret Mead and the Heretic
the making and unmaking of an anthropological myth |
|---|---|
| Author | Derek Freeman |
| Publication | Penguin |
| Size | XXV, 379p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0140261524 |
| Topics |
Pacific Islands natives Polynesian Natives--Samoans Human races--Ethnic and national groups Social stratification--Racial, ethnic or national groups Anthropologists Mead, Margaret (Anthropologist, 1901-1978) |
| Notes | 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. Freeman's attack on Mead "ignited controversy of a scale, visibility, and ferocity never before seen in anthropology. |
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