David B. Coplan

1.6k total citations
55 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

David B. Coplan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Coplan has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in David B. Coplan's work include South African History and Culture (26 papers), African history and culture studies (17 papers) and Music History and Culture (12 papers). David B. Coplan is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (26 papers), African history and culture studies (17 papers) and Music History and Culture (12 papers). David B. Coplan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Ireland. David B. Coplan's co-authors include Richard W. Hull, Landeg White, Leroy Vail, Peter Manuel, Veit Erlmann, Tim Quinlan, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette, Ivan Karp, Charles S. Bird and Martin Stokes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

David B. Coplan

48 papers receiving 471 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David B. Coplan South Africa	14	457	243	191	86	53	55	749
Manthia Diawara United States	11	328 0.7×	193 0.8×	46 0.2×	108 1.3×	14 0.3×	44	616
John Hutnyk Vietnam	10	407 0.9×	80 0.3×	67 0.4×	33 0.4×	17 0.3×	49	583
Wolé Soyinka United States	20	419 0.9×	360 1.5×	69 0.4×	650 7.6×	37 0.7×	103	1.3k
Irving Hexham Canada	12	456 1.0×	142 0.6×	28 0.1×	36 0.4×	19 0.4×	51	742
John W. Blassingame United States	13	500 1.1×	198 0.8×	30 0.2×	77 0.9×	18 0.3×	35	821
Philip J. Deloria United States	9	175 0.4×	114 0.5×	29 0.2×	52 0.6×	21 0.4×	31	471
Tom Conley United States	5	226 0.5×	98 0.4×	22 0.1×	133 1.5×	15 0.3×	24	573
Hamid Naficy United States	11	535 1.2×	142 0.6×	36 0.2×	114 1.3×	18 0.3×	66	968
Trinh T. Minh‐ha United States	11	351 0.8×	76 0.3×	19 0.1×	72 0.8×	22 0.4×	32	672
Sunaina Maira United States	14	552 1.2×	25 0.1×	88 0.5×	36 0.4×	42 0.8×	45	727

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20 of 20 papers shown

Coplan, David B.. (2022). Township economy: people, spaces, and practices. Anthropology Southern Africa. 45(2). 126–128. 4 indexed citations

Coplan, David B.. (2014). Life in the field: anthropologist as refugee. Anthropology Southern Africa. 37(1-2). 120–125. 1 indexed citations

Coplan, David B.. (2011). Perspective from South Africa. Anthropology News. 52(1). 19–19.

Coplan, David B.. (2009). Innocent violence: social exclusion, identity, and the press in an African democracy. Critical Arts. 23(1). 64–83. 6 indexed citations

Coplan, David B.. (2006). ‘I've Worked Longer Than I've Lived’: Lesotho Migrants’ Songs as Maps of Experience. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 32(2). 223–241. 5 indexed citations

Coplan, David B. & Bennetta Jules‐Rosette. (2005). Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and the Liberation of the Spirit of South Africa. African Studies. 64(2). 285–308. 4 indexed citations

Coplan, David B.. (2005). God rock Africa: Thoughts on politics in popular black performance in South Africa. African Studies. 64(1). 9–27. 15 indexed citations

Jules‐Rosette, Bennetta & David B. Coplan. (2004). “Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika”. Cahiers d études africaines. 343–367. 5 indexed citations

Coplan, David B.. (2000). A measure of civilisation: Revisiting the Caledon valley frontier. Social Dynamics. 26(2). 116–153. 2 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1998). Fieldsights: the anthropological narration of post‐apartheid South Africa. African Studies. 57(2). 133–145. 4 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1995). In a State of Emergency: Democracy, Power and Nationalist Discourse in Lesotho. Transformation. 8(26). 47–62. 1 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B., et al.. (1991). Homeland 2: A Collection of Black South African Music. Ethnomusicology. 35(2). 300–300. 1 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B., et al.. (1990). The Praises of Dingana (Izibongo Zikadingana). The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(1). 111–111. 13 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B. & Peter Manuel. (1990). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. Ethnomusicology. 34(1). 151–151. 34 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1988). Musical Understanding: The Ethnoaesthetics of Migrant Workers' Poetic Song in Lesotho. Ethnomusicology. 32(3). 337–337. 13 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1987). The power of oral poetry: narrative songs of the Basotho migrants. Research in African Literatures. 18(1). 1–35. 14 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1986). Performance, Self-Definition, and Social Experience in the Oral Poetry of Sotho Migrant Mineworkers. African Studies Review. 29(1). 29–29. 7 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1982). The urbanisation of African music: some theoretical observations. Popular Music. 2. 113–129. 13 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1980). The urbanization of African performing arts in South Africa. University Microfilms International eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Coplan, David B.. (1979). The African musician and the development of the Johannesburg entertainment industry, 1900–1960. Journal of Southern African Studies. 5(2). 135–164. 21 indexed citations

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