David Schneider (anthropologist)
David Murray Schneider (born November 11, 1918 in Brooklyn , NY , † October 30, 1995 in Santa Cruz , CA ) was an American anthropologist .
Schneider taught at the University of California, Berkeley , among others . From 1960 to 1985 he was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago . He was one of the main characters in the development of American "symbolic anthropology". In his most famous works he deals with kinship systems. In 1970 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works (selection)
- A Critique of the Study of Kinship . University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor (MI), 1984 ISBN 0-472-08051-2
- Mit Raymond T. Smith: Class differences and sex roles in American kinship and family structure . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs (NJ), 1973 ISBN 0-13-135046-3 .
- American Kinship: A Cultural Account . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs (NJ), 1968
- As editor together with Kathleen Gough: Matrilineal Kinship . University of California Press, Berkeley (CA), 1961
Web links
- Works by David M. Schneider in the Library of Congress
- David Schneider, a Giant of Cultural Anthropology, Is Dead at 76 Obituary in the New York Times, November 1, 1995
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneider, David Murray (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1995 |
| Place of death | Santa Cruz (California) |