At 10:46 AM -0500 3/8/00, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> However, keeping in mind that some of my Native relatives have had fun over
>> the years telling anthropologists and psychologists "stories" about some of
>> our traditions that aren't fully true......some things just aren't meant to
>> be shared under certain circumstances.
>
>Now that's interesting. There's a current controversy concerning
>Margaret Mead's work, and apparently a claim that at least some of
>what she put into Coming of Age in Samoa was a joke perpetuated on her
>by her interviewees.
>
>I have sources, somewhere.
I believe that there were a few articles in Natural History about it.
Sounds like there was not much question that she was spoofed; the big
debate is about whether she still made valid points about "broader issues".
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