Coming of age in Samoa a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization - Mead, Margaret 1901-1978 (New York Morrow Quill Paperbacks, 1961)
Introduction -- A day in Samoa -- The education of the Samoan child -- The Samoan household -- The girl and her age group -- The girl in the community -- Formal sex relations -- The rôle of the dance -- The attitude towards personality -- The experience and individuality of the average girl -- The girl in conflict -- Maturity and old age -- Our educational problems in the light of Samoan contrasts -- Education for choice.
Includes index.
Keywords: Samoans -- Psychology; Girls -- Samoan Islands; Children -- Samoan Islands; Women, Sanwan -- Social conditions; Adolescence; Samoan Islands -- Social conditions