Charles Edgley

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 406 citations indexed

About

Charles Edgley is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Edgley has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 406 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Philosophy and 3 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Charles Edgley's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (3 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 paper) and Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies (1 paper). Charles Edgley is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (3 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 paper) and Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies (1 paper). Charles Edgley collaborates with scholars based in United States. Charles Edgley's co-authors include Bruce Wilshire, Dennis Brissett, Dennis D. Waskul, Rebecca F. Guy, Donald E. Allen and Wölfgang Steglich and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Sociological Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Charles Edgley

19 papers receiving 335 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor.

1983 91 citations Charles Edgley, Bruce Wilshire Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles Edgley United States	9	177	133	78	51	43	23	406
Sonja Sheridan Sweden	20	304 1.7×	62 0.5×	124 1.6×	32 0.6×	19 0.4×	54	1.1k
Lesley Abbott United Kingdom	16	140 0.8×	61 0.5×	101 1.3×	20 0.4×	55 1.3×	48	780
John E. Hocking United States	12	324 1.8×	355 2.7×	169 2.2×	66 1.3×	46 1.1×	22	670
Robyn Penman Australia	13	75 0.4×	84 0.6×	90 1.2×	22 0.4×	40 0.9×	26	480
Giuseppe Mininni Italy	10	101 0.6×	106 0.8×	69 0.9×	16 0.3×	38 0.9×	62	345
Lynne M. Webb United States	9	298 1.7×	173 1.3×	89 1.1×	33 0.6×	11 0.3×	33	555
Lisa S. Goldstein United States	13	195 1.1×	108 0.8×	83 1.1×	16 0.3×	62 1.4×	29	905
Micki McGee United States	6	183 1.0×	41 0.3×	48 0.6×	97 1.9×	22 0.5×	10	400
Margaret Carr New Zealand	14	217 1.2×	48 0.4×	52 0.7×	13 0.3×	12 0.3×	55	859
Lawrence Mundia Brunei	20	65 0.4×	107 0.8×	142 1.8×	16 0.3×	14 0.3×	63	863

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Edgley

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Edgley, Charles. (2017). Staging One's Ideal Self. 183–202.

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Edgley, Charles. (2017). Sociological Perspectives—Society as Drama. 71–82.

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Edgley, Charles. (2017). Role Taking: Process versus Conformity. 105–120. 14 indexed citations

4.

Edgley, Charles. (2017). The Presidency and Impression Management. 385–398. 4 indexed citations

5.

Edgley, Charles. (2017). Life as Theater. 2 indexed citations

6.

Edgley, Charles. (2017). Appearance and the Self: A Slightly Revised Version. 161–182. 12 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles. (2017). Death as Theater: A Dramaturgical Analysis of the American Funeral. 305–318. 5 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles. (2016). The Fit and Healthy Body: Consumer Narratives and the Management of Postmodern Corporeity. 245–260. 1 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles. (2013). The drama of social life : a dramaturgical handbook. Ashgate eBooks. 29 indexed citations

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Waskul, Dennis D., et al.. (2000). Cybersex: Outercourse and the Enselfment of the Body. Symbolic Interaction. 23(4). 375–397. 39 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles & Dennis Brissett. (1995). A Nation of Meddlers. Society. 32(4). 36–46. 9 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles & Dennis Brissett. (1990). HEALTH NAZIS AND THE CULT OF THE PERFECT BODY: SOME POLEMICAL OBSERVATIONS. Symbolic Interaction. 13(2). 257–279. 42 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles & Bruce Wilshire. (1983). Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 12(4). 455–455. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1982). Polaroid Sex: Deviant Possibilities in a Technological Age. Journal of American Culture. 5(1). 59–64. 6 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1980). Sociological Semanticide: On Reification, Tautology and the Destruction of Language. Sociological Quarterly. 21(4). 595–605. 9 indexed citations

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Allen, Donald E., Rebecca F. Guy, & Charles Edgley. (1980). Social psychology as social process. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1977). The Bitter-Sweet Compliment Problem.. NEA today. 1 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1975). Information control in conversations: Honesty is not always the best policy. Social Thought and Research. 129 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1974). ON GIFT-BEARING OTHERS: CONSEQUENCES OF COMPLIMENTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. 2. 25–28. 1 indexed citations

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Edgley, Charles, et al.. (1968). Rent Subsidy and Housing Satisfaction The Case of Urban Renewal In Lubbock, Texas. American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 27(2). 113–124. 2 indexed citations

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