Kirin Narayan
Impact in
- Anthropology top 2%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Cultural Studies top 2%
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
Papers in
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- Indian and Buddhist Studies 15
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- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies 17
- Co-authors
- Smadar Lavie (2 shared papers)Renato Rosaldo (2 shared papers)Gı́sli Pálsson (1 shared paper)Kenneth M. George (7 shared papers)Phillip B. Zarrilli (1 shared paper)Philip Vilas Bohlman (1 shared paper)Don Handelman (1 shared paper)Peter Lamarche. Manuel (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- American Anthropologist (3 papers)South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (2 papers)Anthropology & Humanism (2 papers)Journal of American Folklore (2 papers)Yearbook for Traditional Music (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustraliaUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Kirin Narayan
49 papers receiving 862 citations
Kirin Narayan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 88
- Anthropology 268
- Cultural Studies 121
- Sociology and Political Science 572
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts 119
- Religious studies 99
Countries citing papers authored by Kirin Narayan
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirin Narayan
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 59 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Native Is a “Native” Anthropologist? Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 538 |
| 2 | 1989 | 109 | |
| 3 | 1994 | 101 | |
| 4 | 2012 | 84 | |
| 5 | 1999 | 60 | |
| 6 | 2007 | 46 | |
| 7 | Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales | 1997 | 39 |
| 8 | 1986 | 33 | |
| 9 | 1993 | 33 | |
| 10 | 1995 | 31 | |
| 11 | 2006 | 25 | |
| 12 | Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov | 2012 | 22 |
| 13 | 1993 | 20 | |
| 14 | 2007 | 15 | |
| 15 | 1991 | 14 | |
| 16 | 2001 | 13 | |
| 17 | 2018 | 12 | |
| 18 | Women's songs, women's lives. A view from Kangra. | 1996 | 11 |
| 19 | Singing from Separation: Women's Voices in and about Kangra Folksongs | 1997 | 9 |
| 20 | Placing Lives through Stories: Second Generation South Asian Americans | 2010 | 7 |
About Kirin Narayan
Kirin Narayan is a scholar working on Religious studies, Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology, Philosophy and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 59 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (17 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (15 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers), South Asian Studies and Diaspora (11 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (9 papers), Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (5 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (4 papers) and Arts and Performance Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (268 citations), Cultural Studies (121 citations), Sociology and Political Science (572 citations), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (119 citations) and Religious studies (99 citations). Kirin Narayan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Smadar Lavie, Renato Rosaldo, Gı́sli Pálsson, Kenneth M. George, Phillip B. Zarrilli, Philip Vilas Bohlman, Don Handelman, Peter Lamarche. Manuel, Ann Grodzins Gold and Bhrigupati Singh. Their work appears in journals such as American Anthropologist, South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies, Anthropology & Humanism, Journal of American Folklore and Yearbook for Traditional Music.
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