Adolescent Storm and Stress - An Evaluation of the Mead-freeman Controversy

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Contents: The Mead-Freeman Controversy: Mead on Trial. Freeman's Case Against Mead. Mead's Culpability. A Social History of Adolescence in Samoa: Precontact Culture. A Social History of Adolescence in Samoa: Changes in Samoan Culture. Mead's Samoa. Coming of Age in Contemporary Samoa. Conclusion: Mead's Samoa in Sociological Perspective.

About the author

James E. Côté

Summary

Addresses the controversy surrounding the 1983 attack by Derek Freeman on Margaret Mead's 1928 book describing adolescence in Samoa as virtually stress-free. This book analyzes Freeman's criticisms, assesses Mead's work, and sets out to show that Mead's Samoa has been lost.

Additional text

"Côté succeeds in presenting an arresting description of Samoan adolescence in historical perspective, making clear how coming of age has become more stressful, confusing, and undermined by the forces of modernization."
—Journal of Adolescence

Product details

• Authors: James E. C“t‚, James E. Cote, Cote James E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780805815061
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-1506-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 521 g
• Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence Series; Research Monographs in Adolescence Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Western Samoa