🎬 Documentary

Bathing Babies in Three Cultures

1954 10m Dir. Margaret Mead

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This short ethnographic film presents a comparative study of infant bathing practices in three cultural settings: Bali, Iatmul communities along the Sepik River in New Guinea, and the United States. Through observational sequences, the film documents differing methods of mother–child interaction, caregiving routines, and degrees of maternal protection, situating everyday domestic practices within broader patterns of cultural socialization.

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Year
1954
Runtime
10m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Margaret Mead
woman director

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