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Title Coming of Age in Samoa
Author Margaret Mead
Year 1934
Publisher Blue Ribbon Books
Location New York
Source pdf
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Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
OCLC 669694592
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY FRANZ BOAS xiii

CHAPTER

I INTRODUCTION 1 II A DAY IN SAMOA 14 III THE EDUCATION OF THE SAMOAN CHILD 20 IV THE SAMOAN HOUSEHOLD 39 V THE GIRL AND HER AGE GROUP 59 VI THE GIRL IN THE COMMUNITY 74 VII FORMAL SEX RELATIONS 86 VIII THE ROLE OF THE DANCE 110 IX THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS PERSONALITY 122 X THE EXPERIENCE AND INDIVIDUALITY OF THE AVERAGE GIRL 131 XI THE GIRL IN CONFLICT 158 XII MATURITY AND OLD AGE 185 XIII OUR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS THE LIGHT OF SAMOAN CONTRASTS 195 XIV EDUCATION FOR CHOICE 234

APPENDIX I Notes to Chapters 249 II Methodology of This Study 259 III Samoan Civilisation as It Is To-day 266 IV The Mentally Defective and the Mentally Diseased 278 V Materials upon Which the Analysis Is Based 282

a. Sample Record Sheet

b. Table I. Showing Menstrual History, Sex Experience and Residence in Pastor’s Household

c. Table II. Family Structure, and Analysis of Table

d. Intelligence Tests Used

e. Check List Used in Investigation of Each Girl's Experience,

Glossary of Native Terms Used in the Text 295