The English-language Wikipedia article on Margaret Mead's 1928 book "Coming of Age in Samoa", covering its argument, its impact on anthropology, and the later Mead-Freeman controversy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article, used here to source both a contested primary claim and the controversy over it, named as a live scholarly dispute rather than adjudicated. Sources
Wikipedia: Coming of Age in Samoa
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Mead concluded that the passage from childhood to adulthood (adolescence) in Samoa was a smooth transition and not marked by the emotional or psychological distress, anxiety, or confusion seen in the United States.
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Ethnography and Cultural Practices, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Social Theorists, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
15Ethnography and Cultural Practices
Holds
1Ethnography and Cultural Practices
Connected
2Ethnography and Cultural Practices
General References
3Ethnography and Cultural Practices
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