Coming of age in Samoa
Subtitle: a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization
By: Foreword by Franz Boas
Series: A Laurel edition
Publisher: [Dell Pub. Co.]
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Copyright date: 1961
Subjects: Social life and customs; Girls; Children; Women; Adolescence; Manners and customs
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A day in Samoa; title: The education of the Samoan child; title: The Samoan household; title: The girl and her age group; title: The girl in the community; title: Formal sex relations; title: The ro^le of the dance; title: The attitude towards personality; title: The experience and individuality of the average girl; title: The girl in conflict; title: Maturity and old age; title: Our educational probelms in the light of Samoan contrasts; title: Education for choice.