The origin of kinship in Oceania : Lewis Henry Morgan and Lorimer Fison

Gardner, Helen 2008, The origin of kinship in Oceania : Lewis Henry Morgan and Lorimer Fison, Oceania, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 137-150.

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Title	The origin of kinship in Oceania : Lewis Henry Morgan and Lorimer Fison
Author(s)	Gardner, Helen
Journal name	Oceania
Volume number	78
Issue number	2
Start page	137
End page	150
Publisher	Oceania Publications
Place of publication	Australia
Publication date	2008-07-01
ISSN	0029-8077
Keyword(s)	anthropology Pacific kinship Fison Morgan
Summary	This article investigates the importance of Oceania in the early study of kinship. It examines the tensions between evidence and analysis from the Pacific Islands in the development of Lewis Henry Morgan's theory of evolving kinship forms. While other sources from the Pacific islands are investigated it is focused particularly on the correspondence between Morgan and Lorimer Fison, Methodist missionary and key figure in the spread of kinship schedules and anthropological theories throughout Oceania in the I 870s. The empirical data gathered by Fison, challenged Morgan's schema and questioned the orthodox evolutionist hierarchy in Asia and the Pacific. Also investigated is the British response to this unruly evidence.
Language	eng
Field of Research	210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017613

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of History, Heritage and Society

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