1st Edition

Mountain Arapesh Volume One

By Margaret Mead Copyright 2002
372 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

For approximately eight months during 1931-1932, anthropologist Margaret Mead lived with and studied the Mountain Arapesh-a segment of the population of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. She found a culture based on simplicity, sensitivity, and cooperation. In contrast to the aggressive Arapesh who lived on the plains, both the men and the women of the mountain settlements were found to... Read more

Introduction, Volume 1 I. AN IMPORTING CULTURE, PREFACE, METHOD OF PRESENTATION, DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA, II SUPERNATURALISM, Volume 2, III SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE, IV. DIARY OF EVENTS IN ALITOA, V THE RECORD OF UNABELIN WITH RORSCHACH ANALYSES

Biography

Margaret Mead