Book Author: Margaret MeadCHAPTER 6: The Girl in Her Community
Summary
In this chapter, Mead starts by explaining how boys and girls don't have a social role until right after pubery. What the age of puberty is also varies from village to village.
Mead then goes on to distinguish between, young groups of men called the Aumaga, and that of young girls, wives of untitled men and the widows called the Aualuma.
Mead then goes on to explain certain taboos, and other roles of certain types of women when it comes to ceremonies, and community events.
Mead provides a lot of detail, and I'm beginning to have an appreciation for the depth of her work. I'm not sure how she managed to get all of this information. I'm also starting to get a feel for how the village people organize themselves.
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