Freeman, Derek

Margaret Mead and Samoa : the making and unmaking of an anthropological myth by Derek Freeman ( Book )
32 editions published between 1983 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 2,279 libraries worldwide
The author presents his views refuting Margaret Meads̕ classic work on adolescence and sexuality in Samoa.

The fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead : a historical analysis of her Samoan research by Derek Freeman ( Book )
8 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 839 libraries worldwide
For most of the twentieth century, Margaret Mead's renowned book, Coming of Age in Samoa, has validated an antievolutionary anthropological paradigm that assumes that culture is the overwhelming determinant of human behavior. Her account of female adolescent sexuality in Samoa initiated a career that led to Margaret Mead becoming "indisputably the most publicly celebrated scientist in America." But what if her study wasn't all it appeared to be? What if, having neglected the problem she had been sent to investigate, she relied at the last moment on the tales of two traveling companions who jokingly misled her about the sexual behavior of Samoan girls? What if her famous study was based on a hoax? In The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead, Derek Freeman addresses these issues in a detailed historical analysis of Margaret Mead's Samoan research and of her training in New York by Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict. By examining hitherto unpublished correspondence between Mead; her mentor, Franz Boas; and others - as well as the sworn testimony of Fa'apua'a Fa'amu, one of Mead's traveling companions of 1926 - Freeman provides compelling evidence that one of the most influential anthropological studies of the twentieth century was unwittingly based on the mischievous joking of the investigator's informants. The book is more than a correction of scientific error: It is a crucial step toward rethinking the foundations of social science and the overly relativistic worldview of much of the modern world.

Choice and morality in anthropological perspective : essays in honor of Derek Freeman ( Book )
7 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 579 libraries worldwide

Dilthey's dream essays on human nature and culture by Derek Freeman ( Book )
10 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 494 libraries worldwide

Report on the Iban by Derek Freeman ( Book )
12 editions published between 1970 and 2004 in English and held by 370 libraries worldwide

Anthropology in the South Seas; essays presented to H.D. Skinner by J. D Freeman ( Book )
2 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 195 libraries worldwide

Iban agriculture; a report on the shifting cultivation of hill rice by the Iban of Sarawak by Derek Freeman ( Book )
10 editions published in 1955 in English and Undetermined and held by 160 libraries worldwide

Some reflections on the nature of Iban society by Derek Freeman ( Book )
6 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 72 libraries worldwide

Iban OC06 ( )
in English and held by 67 libraries worldwide
The Iban are an indigenous group in Sarawak, a state of Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. This file on the Iban consists of 35 documents. The dates covered by the literature are from ca. 1840-1990. Predominant themes are agriculture (primarily rice cultivation), culture history, migrations, religion, and warfare (including much information on head-hunting). The works of Freeman, one of the outstanding modern authorities on the Iban, used in conjunction with the earlier descriptive accounts of Low, Howell, and Gomes, and supplemented by the more recent ethnographies of Pringle, Sutlive, Wagner, Benedict Sandin, and Padoch, provide a good overall view of Iban culture and society.

Report on the Iban of Sarawak by Derek Freeman ( Book )
3 editions published between 1955 and 1958 in English and held by 61 libraries worldwide