Title: Coming of Age in Samoa
Author: Margaret Mead
Editors: Williams Morrow and Company (1928)
Summary: In the tenth chapter of Mead's novel, she discusses the individuality of the Samoan women, and how open they are to sharing experiences with each other. Unlike Western culture, Samoan women are exposed to concepts like death and birth at an early age, and no effort is taken to hide it from the children.
Discussion: The differences between Western and Samoan cultures continue to surprise me. I've often wondered what the proper age to expose someone to something like death is, so it's interesting to view such a hands off approach.
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