Reviews

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies by Margaret Mead

dsuttles's review against another edition

2.0

I feel like it's unfair to give such an important anthropological work a low rating, but in terms of my personal enjoyment of the book, it really was "just okay." Like most early anthropological texts, the writing is dry. Margaret Mead positions herself distantly from her "subjects," and looks at the three New Guinean societies with an etic perspective. I think it's worth looking at if you're a student interested in how the early study of anthropology impacted feminism or gender roles (i.e. the impact of studying another culture on one's own) -- but I would look for other sources if you're interested in the actual societies themselves.

noranordbk's review against another edition

3.0

Bok om antropologisk feltarbeid fra 30-tallet! Planen er å få bruk for den i bacheloroppgaven. Vil si den er litt rotete, men at hun «rydder opp» i konklusjonen

haleiyoung's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

Mead has a fascinating way of spinning her narrative, and though an informative ethnography with backed theories, I do believe the way she speaks about things in absolute terms using generalized data is unfair when talking about topics as complicated as culture and human nature.

nekokat's review

3.0

Very interesting read.