LIFE AND WORK OF MEAD,MARGARET - A BRIEF REVIEW

The paper is specifically designed to focus a discernible light on the life and work of Margaret Mead in the background of her multifarious academic activities conducted for a long period of time. While discussing the early phase of Mead's life, at the very outset of the paper, the author has put forward the patterns of interactions of varied circumstances that have done a great deal in shaping the unique personality of Margaret Mead. With the help of her multi-dimensional areas of interest Mead could explore a new horizon in anthropological thinking. Her novel attempts in the analysis of the empirical and diversified field data collected by her through painstaking investigations have been critically evaluated here, in the background of various literatures as well as personal views Put forward by the different authorities during different times, to get an all round idea on the chequered life and activities of this towering personality in the domain of global anthropology.