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Mead's own disertation was not based on fieldwork but on library research about the material culture of Polynesia.
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| Something doesn't feel right about this. I want to actually witness culture. | |
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Mead's first research was in Samoa where she spent eight months in the field in 1925.
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| mhmm...Somoan babies are nursed on demand until two or three and the Samoan household is bilateral and often extended and OMG sexual relations are frequent !! What does this mean!!? | |
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| We are very peaceful despite what others may think. | |
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Mead's profile of Somoan upbringing was based on a detailed study of sixty eight girls between the ages of 8 and 20 on Ta'u.
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| This could mean that specific child rearing practices shape personalities that in turn give specific societies there natures. | |
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| hehe I know what she is thinking..... I hope she doesn't take it to seriously.... | |
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