Tales From The Jungle: Margaret Mead - Part 1 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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• Mead
• Anthropology
• Samoa
• Biography
• Documentary

[kilrkane]

the locals were having a little joke with mead.she probably thought the locals were not very sophisticated.you don,t need modern conveience to be smart.we polynesians are born with a lot of insight.the locals knew what she was about but she never had a clue what they were really thinking,she prseumed to know.europeans have usually made this mistake with all peoples.

[WolfSnake77]

It seems like Mead and Freeman only really cared about was there personal fame.

Learning about a culture seemed to be secondary to them.

Also the from reading some of the comments it would seem that debate of Mead vs Freeman has come down to childish name calling.

If you disagree with Mead; your labeled misogynistic. And if you disagree with Freeman, your called a naive liberal.

The facts should always be more important; not your personal politics.

[Penguinz13989]

women fail again hurrhurrhurr

[shitty1one]

Another attempt by whites to justify the stupidity of other whites and present it to the world as the gospel truth.

[lemon4114]

@WolfSnake77

but freeman immersed himself into our culture, he held our customs to a greater degree of respect, which is more than what i can say for Mead and her account. I read Freeman's book and it doesn't seem to undermine Mead's fame.. just her inferences, which were very misleading and very prejudiced. But you are right that the facts should be more important because M's whole account of Samoa is something that deeply offends me as a Samoan.

[lemon4114]

FREEMAN IS A BEAST ! MUCH RESPECT FOR HIM ... Mead and her supporters are fools haha . .. she wrote a lot of bullshit about samoa and its culture and in some respects i find it really offensive as a samoan but I find it also very amusing that us "PRIMITIVE" samoans can fool a highly "EDUCATED" scientist hahahaha

[edanxkr]

Margaret mead has a huge vagina

[Toops144]

She could never come to admit that her work on our country was deeply flawed! Stuck up cow!

[JIHOJIJO]

are you serious? kkk during the day? marching? like its Oktoberfest or something?

Wow.. wow... wow..

[islanderws]

I'm a Samoan who grew up and lived on the island for over 30yrs. Reading Margaret's book and what she did was good for anthropology but a great misunderstanding and misrepresentation of our culture. What Dr. Faanaafi Le Tagaloa said was soo true. Margaret brought her ideas and believes from America and used Samoa as a frame for her theory. All based on a lie from a few teenage girls. Thanks to Dr Freeman! You got to live, speak and be part of a culture in order to find the truth.

[manusamoa2009]

Mead was made up her own ideas to let people of the world to feel interest with her romantic ideas,she was in science field,her mind was more felt romantic and sweet feelings everytime also she was 23 years old of her working in samoa,the years of mead feel like the sea which never turn in sweet,as a stomach which never full of lovely motion,reflect with her ideas,,,,,,,,,:-)