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American Kinship: A Cultural Account (Anthropology of Modern Societies) (2nd Edition) by David Murray Schneider Paperback, 148 Pages, Published 1980 ISBN-10: 0-226-73930-9 / 0226739309 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73930-4 / 9780226739304 "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 na |