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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226739309

ISBN-139780226739304

eBay Product ID (ePID)77228

Product Key Features

Number of Pages148 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAmerican Kinship : a Cultural Account

SubjectSociology / General, Anthropology / General

Publication Year1980

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid M. Schneider

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN79-018185

Dewey Decimal301.42/1/0973

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments, 1980 1. Introduction Part One: The Distinctive Features Which Define the Person as a Relative 2. Relatives 3. The Family Part Two: The Relative as a Person 4. A Relative Is a Person 5. In-laws and Kinship Terms 6. Conclusion 7. Twelve Years Later

SynopsisAmerican Kinship is the first attempt to deal systematically with kinship as a system of symbols and meanings, and not simply as a network of functionally interrelated familial roles. Schneider argues that the study of a highly differentiated society such as our own may be more revealing of the nature of kinship than the study of anthropologically more familiar, but less differentiated societies. He goes to the heart of the ideology of relations among relatives in America by locating the underlying features of the definition of kinship-nature vs. law, substance vs. code. One of the most significant features of American Kinship , then, is the explicit development of a theory of culture on which the analysis is based, a theory that has since proved valuable in the analysis of other cultures. For this Phoenix edition, Schneider has written a substantial new chapter, responding to his critics and recounting the charges in his thought since the book was first published in 1968., American Kinship is the first attempt to deal systematically with kinship as a system of symbols and meanings, and not simply as a network of functionally interrelated familial roles. Schneider argues that the study of a highly differentiated society such as our own may be more revealing of the nature of kinship than the study of anthropologically more familiar, but less differentiated societies. He goes to the heart of the ideology of relations among relatives in America by locating the underlying features of the definition of kinship--nature vs. law, substance vs. code. One of the most significant features of American Kinship , then, is the explicit development of a theory of culture on which the analysis is based, a theory that has since proved valuable in the analysis of other cultures. For this Phoenix edition, Schneider has written a substantial new chapter, responding to his critics and recounting the charges in his thought since the book was first published in 1968.

LC Classification NumberGN560.U6