Tales From The Jungle: Margaret Mead - Part 2 of 6

Exploring the work of Margaret Mead, this film investigates the 12 months Mead spent with the Samoans in the Twenties.

Her resulting book, Coming Of Age In Samoa, had a huge impact on Western culture.

Mead believed cultures like the Samoans could teach people how to live in harmony. Her book depicts a society of free love -- devoid of jealousy and teenage turmoil.

But, decades later, her work was criticised as being tainted by her romantic views and strong belief in liberal values.

Tales From The Jungle examines whether Mead's study was merely misinterpretation and romantic wishful thinking.

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[fortwashingtonzu]

Hundreds of (white, Western) male anthropologist painted indigenous peoples as inferior, savage and subhuman. Margaret Mead studied a few different cultures in order to draw conclusions about human nature - understanding somewhat before her time that there's only one human race - and she's the ignorant, naive, romantic one?

Why is it so hard to take women's intellectual and scientific contributions for what they are worth and appreciate what they did bring to the table, like we do with men's?

[samoarepping]

tutuila is samoan land aiight america, on paper it will be under america but in soul and mind it is samoan land and everyone knows that evem american samoans

[noryryanssong]

@15230 I don't know anything about you, but you're probably an ignorant Loudmouth.

[MrHerrIQ2]

@fortwashingtonz

Watch the rest of the documentary and you'll see that Mead was wrong.

[jorgeberlin]

@MsKatja86 Well, how can you cope with cold grey european weather?

Each anthropologist should be able to do as they please, study for curiosity and not for what is dictated on them. Or are "whites" of less value as study subjects?

[acuamanuy]

@MANUAINc There´s something you want to share about? Seria interesante ver como era la visión de los entrevistados sobre la entrevistadora. Gracias

[BenNCM]

@0.00 I never knew Ja Rule was so talented,

[talenia21]

If you wanna appreciate anything, do it, don't observe and watch. If you wanna feel the essence of being samoan and polynesian, don't observe, live and survive as a samoan to appreciate their differences. God made us all different for a reason. When you walk into a man's home, adjust yourself and not expect them to adjust to you.

[bombertheelephant]

@Lioga685 wow..why the hate?

[edanxkr]

Margaret mead has a huge vagina

[15230]

@fortwashingtonzu Hey this bitch dosent know shit.

[15230]

I dont know anything about her But she probably is a godless Comie.