David Schneider
David Schneider · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for the cultural analysis of kinship, author of 'American Kinship'
1918, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 1995, Santa Cruz, California, USA
United States
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David M. Schneider was an American cultural anthropologist who transformed kinship studies with 'American Kinship: A Cultural Account' (1968), arguing that kinship is a system of cultural symbols rather than a natural fact of biology. His symbolic approach reshaped anthropological theory. He was of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
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Anthropologist known for the cultural analysis of kinship, author of 'American Kinship'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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