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John Derek Freeman (15 August 1916 – 6 July 2001) [1] was a New Zealand anthropologist known [2] 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."
In the 1980s, Derek Freeman contested many of Mead's claims, and argued that she was hoaxed into counterfactually believing that Samoan culture had more relaxed sexual norms than Western culture. [3] However, several members of the anthropology community have rejected Freeman's criticism, accusing him of cherry picking his data, and ...
Margaret Mead, the first of five children, was born in Philadelphia but raised in nearby Doylestown, Pennsylvania.Her father, Edward Sherwood Mead, was a professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and her mother, Emily (née Fogg) Mead, [5] was a sociologist who studied Italian immigrants. [6]
The play was directed by STC director Wayne Harrison in 1996, and starred Elizabeth Alexander as Mead and Robin Ramsay as Derek Freeman. However, after its opening night at Sydney Opera House, a row erupted between Williamson and Harrison about the director's interpretation of the play and almost overshadowed the play itself.
Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealander anthropologist Devonta Freeman (born 1992), American football player Don Freeman (1908–1978), children's book author
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John Blake (born 6 November 1948) is an English publisher and former journalist.John Blake Publishing was acquired by Bonnier Publishing in May 2016. Blake joined Soho Friday, launched in November 2018, a venture with Richard Johnson and Derek Freeman. [1]
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