Coming of age in Samoa

by Margaret Mead

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		PAGE
[FOREWORD BY FRANZ BOAS]		xiii
CHAPTER
[I]	INTRODUCTION	1
[II]	A DAY IN SAMOA	14
[III]	THE EDUCATION OF THE SAMOAN CHILD	20
[IV]	THE SAMOAN HOUSEHOLD	39
[V]	THE GIRL AND HER AGE GROUP	59
[VI]	THE GIRL IN THE COMMUNITY	74
[VII]	FORMAL SEX RELATIONS	86
[VIII]	THE RÔLE OF THE DANCE	110
[IX]	THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS PERSONALITY	122
[X]	THE EXPERIENCE AND INDIVIDUALITY OF THE AVERAGE GIRL	131
[XI]	THE GIRL IN CONFLICT	158
[XII]	MATURITY AND OLD AGE	185
[XIII]	OUR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE LIGHT OF SAMOAN CONTRASTS	195
[XIV]	EDUCATION FOR CHOICE	234
APPENDIX
[I]	Notes to Chapters	249
[II]	Methodology of This Study	259
[III]	Samoan Civilisation as It Is To-day	266
[IV]	The Mentally Defective and the Mentally Diseased	278
[V]	Materials upon Which the Analysis Is Based	282
	a. [Sample Record Sheet]
	b. [Table I.] Showing Menstrual History, Sex Experience and Residence in Pastor’s Household
	c. [Table II.] Family Structure, and Analysis of Table
	d. [Intelligence Tests Used]
	e. [Check List Used in Investigation of Each Girl’s Experience.]
	[Glossary of Native Terms Used in the Text]	295