The Samoa Reader is a source book on the most extensive controversy in the history of anthropology, touched off by the publication of Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth. Freeman's book purported to refute the most famous writing of the world's most honored and celebrated anthropologist. This book seemed to many to be an attack on liberal values; anthropologists believed that it was a concerted assault on the reliability and conceptual structure of cultural ...
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The Samoa Reader is a source book on the most extensive controversy in the history of anthropology, touched off by the publication of Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth. Freeman's book purported to refute the most famous writing of the world's most honored and celebrated anthropologist. This book seemed to many to be an attack on liberal values; anthropologists believed that it was a concerted assault on the reliability and conceptual structure of cultural anthropology in the name of 'sociobiology.' The Reader canvasses these and other issues by assembling, in readable form, the most cogent writings to come out of the controversy. This book is based on the study of unpublished sources, some of which are included.
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Very Good. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 351pp., not illustrated. Book has mild wear to spine head, binding tight, acknowledgements page has a few red ink underlines, otherwise text clean and unmarked, with faint foxing to edges of block. No DJ.
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Very Good. Bumped, o/w very good. Major anthropologists dissect the arguments and discuss the more general implications of the Derek Freeman-Margaret Mead controversy for the practice and theory of anthropology. *** 351pp. *** Index, bibl. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Soft cover |
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