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John Derek Freeman (15 August 1916 – 6 July 2001) was a New Zealand anthropologist known for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work on Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa. His attack "ignited controversy of a scale, visibility, and ferocity never before seen in anthropology."
Aug 5, 2001 · Prof. Derek Freeman, who challenged Margaret Mead's famous account of adolescent sexuality in Samoa, provoking a fierce anthropological controversy, died July 6 in Canberra, Australia. He was 84.
Nov 7, 2023 · Anthropologist Derek Freeman became Margaret Mead’s biggest critic, trying to undo her research in American Samoa and her reputation as a famed anthropologist. Who was Derek Freeman, and what did he say?
Sep 7, 2020 · Peter Hempenstall’s Truth’s Fool: Derek Freeman and the War over Cultural Anthropology offers a fresh and thoroughly researched biography of the controversial anthropologist Derek Freeman.
In this unit (to accompany SAPIENS podcast S6E6), students will revisit the Mead–Freeman controversy in depth, reassess how Derek Freeman critiqued Margaret Mead, and then study the consequences of the dispute within the field of anthropology.
Oct 16, 2018 · Derek Freeman is best known for his scathing critique of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa (Mead 1928). The ensuing Mead–Freeman controversy, now in its fourth decade, has been the most acrimo...
Aug 6, 2001 · Derek Freeman, who helped modernize anthropology when he challenged Margaret Mead’s famous 1920s studies of adolescent sexuality in Samoa, has died. He was 84.
