Margaret Mead and Samoa

Location:Samoa
Subject:Anthropology; Margaret Mead
Length:51 minutes
Format:1/2-inch VHS
Hue:Color
Year Released:1988
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Producer:Cinetel
Distributor:Wombat Films; Indiana University (rental); University of Missouri (rental)
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 1744
Description:After collecting evidence for forty years, in 1983 anthropologist Derek Freeman published his refutation of Margaret Mead's account of a Samoa free of conflict and the stresses of modern society. It was an academic bombshell that created the greatest controversy in the history of anthropology -- one which this video attempts to resolve.
Record No:1172
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