Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyzes the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "male" and "female" in modern American society. On its publication in 1949, the New York Times declared, "Dr. Mead's book has come to grips with the cold war between the sexes and has shown the basis of a lasting sexual peace." This edition, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions by Helen Fisher and Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson. Male & Female remains an extraordinary document of great relevance, while Mead's research methods and fieldwork offer a blueprint for scholars in future generations.
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Margaret Mead (1901-1978) began her remarkable career when she visited Samoa at the age of twenty-three, which led to her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa. She went on to become one of the most influential women of our time, publishing some forty works and serving as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History as well as president of major scientific associations. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom following her death in 1978.
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What we have to remember about the anthropology books from the 1950s is that most of the information is objective based off of the anthropologist lives. So yes, Mead is very detailed and slightly biased because she has her own personal (western) views. However, this book is a link from gender-essentialism to modern views of how we see the male and female sexes as they exist today.
Long and detailed read- Yes Great understanding of Male and Female Sexes- Not updated but good overall. Subjective/Objective ratio- great for her time, sightly different now. (Read with an objective mindset and consider when this was published) Margaret Mead- Must Know person when dealing with gender and anthropology.
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The whole book could have been written in half of its size. Not very well written due to being too wordy, hard to follow.
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Everyons should read M. Mead's research. Her research explains many issues that remain current topics of contention.
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How are men and women to think about their maleness and their femaleness in this twentieth century, in which so many of our old ideas must be made new? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Sex and Temperament: In Three Primitive Societies by Margaret Mead on 5 pages
- Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years by Margaret Mead on 4 pages
- Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years by Margaret Mead on 4 pages
- Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Perennial Classics) by Margaret Mead in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire by Hans J. Eysenck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Margaret Mead: A Life by Jane Howard on 19 pages
- Reading Benedict / Reading Mead: Feminism, Race, and Imperial Visions (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) by Dolores Janiewski on 17 pages
- Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in America (Oxford Portraits in Science) by Joan Mark on 10 pages
- Women's Rights and Human Rights: International Historical Perspectives by Patricia Grimshaw on 7 pages
- Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century by Susan Ware on 5 pages
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