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.
James E. Côté
"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
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