David Savran

1.2k total citations
33 papers, 421 citations indexed

About

David Savran is a scholar working on Music, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Savran has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 421 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Music, 13 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Savran's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (12 papers), Theater, Performance, and Music History (11 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (6 papers). David Savran is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (12 papers), Theater, Performance, and Music History (11 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (6 papers). David Savran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. David Savran's co-authors include Peter Hennen, Richard Adams, David A. Wohl, John M. Clum, Roland Barthes, Shannon Jackson, Andrew L. Friedman, Michèle Aina Barale, Marvin Carlson and Pratibha Parmar and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Literature and differences.

In The Last Decade

David Savran

25 papers receiving 216 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Savran United States 10 145 128 106 94 84 33 421
Kobena Mercer United States 9 189 1.3× 85 0.7× 55 0.5× 35 0.4× 76 0.9× 29 394
James Winchester United States 4 144 1.0× 71 0.6× 65 0.6× 31 0.3× 51 0.6× 10 322
Christine Holmlund United States 5 128 0.9× 95 0.7× 47 0.4× 21 0.2× 144 1.7× 11 428
Elin Diamond Netherlands 9 140 1.0× 29 0.2× 193 1.8× 71 0.8× 122 1.5× 31 413
Alexander Doty United States 5 121 0.8× 171 1.3× 26 0.2× 41 0.4× 53 0.6× 13 367
Kara Keeling United States 9 159 1.1× 80 0.6× 32 0.3× 50 0.5× 56 0.7× 22 353
Phillip Brian Harper United States 10 166 1.1× 92 0.7× 19 0.2× 48 0.5× 92 1.1× 26 350
Esther Newton United States 6 278 1.9× 197 1.5× 37 0.3× 30 0.3× 41 0.5× 17 539
Linda Wagner‐Martin United States 11 128 0.9× 58 0.5× 41 0.4× 42 0.4× 362 4.3× 69 613
Marianne DeKoven United States 13 163 1.1× 51 0.4× 123 1.2× 16 0.2× 207 2.5× 38 536

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Savran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Savran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Savran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Savran based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Savran. David Savran is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Savran, David. (2023). The World According to Herbert Fritsch. TDR/The Drama Review. 67(2). 142–160. 1 indexed citations
2.
Savran, David. (2017). Broadway as Global Brand. 5(1). 1 indexed citations
3.
Savran, David. (2014). Trafficking in Transnational Brands: The New “Broadway-Style” Musical. Theatre Survey. 55(3). 318–342. 6 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (2012). “You’ve got that thing”: Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, and the Erotics of the List Song. Theatre Journal. 64(4). 533–548. 2 indexed citations
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Friedman, Andrew L., et al.. (2010). “Let Our Freak Flags Fly”: Shrek the Musical and the Branding of Diversity. Theatre Journal. 62(2). 151–172. 5 indexed citations
6.
Savran, David. (2009). Highbrow/Lowdown. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (2007). The Canonization of Eugene O’Neill. Modern Drama. 50(4). 565–581.
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Savran, David. (2004). Toward a Historiography of the Popular. Theatre Survey. 45(2). 211–217. 15 indexed citations
9.
Savran, David. (2003). A Queer Sort of Materialism. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (2001). Choices Made and Unmade. Theater. 31(2). 89–95. 3 indexed citations
11.
Savran, David. (1999). The playwright's voice : American dramatists on memory, writing, and the politics of culture. 4 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (1998). Taking It Like a Man. Princeton University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (1998). The sadomasochist in the closet. Contemporary Theatre Review. 8(3). 79–91. 2 indexed citations
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Dolan, Jill, John M. Clum, Martha Gever, et al.. (1995). Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama. Theatre Journal. 47(2). 313–313. 3 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (1995). Ambivalence, Utopia, and a Queer Sort of Materialism: How "Angels in America" Reconstructs the Nation. Theatre Journal. 47(2). 207–207. 27 indexed citations
16.
Wohl, David A. & David Savran. (1987). The Wooster Group, 1975-1985: Breaking the Rules. Theatre Journal. 39(3). 411–411. 6 indexed citations
17.
Savran, David. (1986). ADAPTATION AS Clairvoyance: THE WOOSTER Group's SAINT ANTHONY. Theater. 18(1). 36–41. 1 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (1985). The Wooster Group, Arthur Miller and "The Crucible". The Drama Review TDR. 29(2). 99–99. 1 indexed citations
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Savran, David. (1984). Sam Shepard's Conceptual Prison: "Action" and the Unseen Hand. Theatre Journal. 36(1). 57–57. 1 indexed citations
20.
Barthes, Roland & David Savran. (1976). The Dolls of Bunraku. diacritics. 6(4). 44–44. 2 indexed citations

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