Bathing Babies In Three Cultures
MovieTitle | Bathing Babies In Three Cultures |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jun 1, 1954 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Margaret Mead , Gregory Bateson |
Production country | Indonesia, United States of America |
Run time | 10 min. |
Compares treatment of Balinese and Iatmul (New Guinea) babies with American practices. The different methods of bathing children is seen in three contrasting cultures. "New Guinea". A native mother is seen washing her own and a neighbour's children in a river. "U.S.A.". "The 1930's". In a small bathroom, the mother first carefully wipes the child's face with a flannel, before putting him into the bath-tub. "U.S.A.". the 1940's: Similar setting, similar routine, but mother is less protective, child more independent and interested in outside objects. "Bali": In a mountain village, a mother bathes her child in a small tub on a raised platform.