Coming of Age in Samoa
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Coming of Age in Samoa is a landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines Samoan adolescence to challenge Western assumptions about human development and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coming of Age in Samoa canonical | 8 |
| Coming of Age in Samoa and other studies by Margaret Mead | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coming of Age in Samoa Context triple: [Margaret Mead, notableWork, Coming of Age in Samoa]
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A.
Folkways
Folkways is a foundational sociological work by William Graham Sumner that analyzes the origins, functions, and social power of customs, norms, and moral codes in human societies.
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B.
The World Until Yesterday
The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
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C.
Twenty Years at Hull-House
Twenty Years at Hull-House is Jane Addams’s influential autobiographical account of her pioneering social reform work and the development of the Hull House settlement in Chicago.
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D.
Walden Two
Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.
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E.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coming of Age in Samoa Target entity description: Coming of Age in Samoa is a landmark 1928 anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines Samoan adolescence to challenge Western assumptions about human development and culture.
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A.
Folkways
Folkways is a foundational sociological work by William Graham Sumner that analyzes the origins, functions, and social power of customs, norms, and moral codes in human societies.
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B.
The World Until Yesterday
The World Until Yesterday is a non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that examines traditional societies to draw lessons about human nature, social organization, and modern life.
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C.
Twenty Years at Hull-House
Twenty Years at Hull-House is Jane Addams’s influential autobiographical account of her pioneering social reform work and the development of the Hull House settlement in Chicago.
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D.
Walden Two
Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.
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E.
The Mind of Primitive Man
The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge Western assumptions about adolescence
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demonstrate cultural variability in human development ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| conclusion |
adolescence is not inherently stressful
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adolescent turmoil is shaped by culture rather than biology alone ⓘ |
| controversy |
claims of misrepresentation of Samoan culture
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criticisms of Mead’s methods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedBy | Derek Freeman ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic of ethnographic literature
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landmark work in anthropology ⓘ |
| describes |
Samoan attitudes toward sexuality
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Samoan child-rearing practices ⓘ Samoan courtship practices ⓘ Samoan household organization ⓘ Samoan kinship patterns ⓘ |
| fieldworkDuration | approximately nine months ⓘ |
| fieldworkLocation |
Ta‘ū
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linked to:
Taʻū
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| focusesOn |
female adolescence
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sexual norms ⓘ socialization ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1939 edition
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1950s edition ⓘ later reprints ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comparisons between Samoan and American adolescence
ⓘ
ethnographic case studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
American cultural anthropology
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developmental psychology ⓘ feminist thought ⓘ public debates about nature versus nurture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Samoan adolescence
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Samoan culture ⓘ adolescent development ⓘ |
| methodology |
interviews
ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher |
William Morrow
ⓘ
linked to:
William Morrow and Company
|
| setting | American Samoa ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly debates on ethnographic validity ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation |
cultural relativism
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culture and personality school ⓘ |
| timeOfFieldwork |
1925
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1926 ⓘ |
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