Margaret Mead

Noun

Meaning

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

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Synonyms

mead

Examples

Darnell 1990:81 Moving on Margaret Mead decades after her affair with Sapir The First World War took its toll on the Canadian Geological Survey, cutting funding for anthropology and making the academic climate less agreeable. Source: Internet

Franz Boas, "Preface" in Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa Mead's findings suggested that the community ignores both boys and girls until they are about 15 or 16. Before then, children have no social standing within the community. Source: Internet

In 1983, five years after Mead had died, New Zealand anthropologist Derek Freeman published Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth, in which he challenged Mead's major findings about sexuality in Samoan society. Source: Internet

Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women. Source: Internet

Margaret Mead: the making of an American icon. Source: Internet

Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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