Margaret Mead
Mead brought cultural anthropology to a mass audience with Coming of Age in Samoa, arguing for the cultural relativity of adolescent experience in ways that transformed American attitudes toward sexuality and child-rearing. She remains the most famous American anthropologist.
Works
- Coming of Age in SamoaAnthropological study of adolescence and sexuality in Samoan culture
- Growing Up in New GuineaAnthropological fieldwork examining childhood and socialization in Papua New Guinea
- Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive SocietiesCross-cultural study of gender roles and temperament in three societies
- Male and FemaleExploration of biological and cultural aspects of gender across cultures
- Culture and CommitmentEssay examining generational differences and cultural change in modern society