Adolescent Storm and Stress - 9781138873315

Taylor & Francis

Adolescent Storm and StressAn Evaluation of the Mead-freeman Controversy\nAuthor(s): James E. Ct, James E. Cote\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138873315, 978-1138873315\nSynopsis\nIn 1928, Margaret Mead published her first book, entitled Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she described to the Western world an exotic culture where people \""came of age\"" with a minimum of \""storm and stress.\"" In 1983, Derek Freeman, an Australian anthropologist, published a book in which he systematically attacked Mead's conclusions about that culture and the way people came of age. Since then, a great deal of attention has been directed toward the Mead-Freeman controversy. This book contributes to that controversy and to the general understanding of adolescent storm and stress by undertaking an interdisciplinary analysis of Freeman's criticisms and an assessment of the plausibility of Mead's work. Addressing the issue.