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Coming of Age in Samoa

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Coming of Age: Margaret Mead

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Coming of Age Story

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Margaret Mead - 221564-02 | Footage Farm

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Generations of Samoan Culture & History

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Johnson,A - Margaret Mead Biographical Presentation - PSY 337

Coming of Age in Samoa is a book by American anthropologist Margaret Mead based upon her research and study of youth – primarily adolescent girls – on the island of Ta'u in the Samoan Islands. The book details the sexual life of teenagers in Samoan society in the early 20th century, and theorizes that culture has a leading influence on psychosexual development.