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A collection of essays that shows how anthropological theories and techniques can be applied to the culture of contemporary middle-class Americans. It analyzes such aspects of American culture as advertising, mass-audience movies, patriotic and ethnic parades, college parties, greetings, and the dilemmas of adolescent sexuality.

Symbolizing America

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 September 1986
      ISBN-13 9780803296039
      978-0803296039
      ISBN-10 0803296037
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      Society and culture: general

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      Book Synopsis
      A collection of essays that shows how anthropological theories and techniques can be applied to the culture of contemporary middle-class Americans. It analyzes such aspects of American culture as advertising, mass-audience movies, patriotic and ethnic parades, college parties, greetings, and the dilemmas of adolescent sexuality.

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