Chapter 10: The Experience and Individuality of the Average Girl
Summary:
In this chapter the author Margaret Mead talks about the life of an average Samoan girl. The author mentions that children are exposed to life and death when they are young. No effort is made by the elders to hide this from children to keep them innocent and the elders consider this normal. The author then proceeds to talk about experiences and stories various different girls of the village. She says that Samoan girls experience an orderly development of slowly maturing interests and activities.
Discussion:
The chapter wasn't particularly interesting for me. It does provide lot of detail but it's hard to relate this information with computer science. From anthropology point of view, the details are appreciable. Since I am a "cut the crap and come to the point" type of guy, it's hard for me to be impressed by such work, however, I'm sure this information is very vital when it comes to writing ethnographies.
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