Deborah Gewertz

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Deborah Gewertz is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Gewertz has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Anthropology, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Deborah Gewertz's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (16 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (12 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers). Deborah Gewertz is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (16 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (12 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers). Deborah Gewertz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Deborah Gewertz's co-authors include Frederick Errington, James Clifford, L. L. Langness, Simon Harrison, James G. Carrier, Edward L. Schieffelin, Andrew Strathern, Geoffrey M. White, Lisette Josephides and William H. McKellin and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Gewertz

59 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century.

1998 2.0k citations Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington et al. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cheap Meat 2019 ·Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington	9
2	Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown" 2019 ·Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	2
3	The Noodle Narratives 2019 ·Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz, (unknown)	2
4	Instant Noodles as an Antifriction Device: Making the BOP with PPP in PNG 2012 ·American Anthropologist ·Frederick Errington, (unknown), Deborah Gewertz	31
5	Expanding definitions, contracting contexts: a comment on Mosko's ‘Partible penitents’ 2010 ·Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute ·Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	9
6	Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference 2001 ·Pacific Affairs ·(unknown), Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington	43
7	Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown." 1996 ·Pacific Affairs ·Robert Tonkinson, Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	2
8	Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown" 1996 ·Ethnohistory ·Bruce M. Knauft, Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	3
9	The Individuation of Tradition in a Papua New Guinean Modernity 1996 ·American Anthropologist ·Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	30
10	Responses from the Field Response: Deborah B. Gewertz and Frederick K. Errington 1993 ·Pacific studies ·Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington	0
11	First Contact with God: Individualism, Agency, and Revivalism in the Duke of York Islands 1993 ·Cultural Anthropology ·Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington	12
12	Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in a World System. 1993 ·Pacific Affairs ·Geoffrey M. White, Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington	16
13	Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea. 1988 ·Pacific Affairs ·William H. McKellin, Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz, (unknown)	12
14	of unfinished dialogues and paper pigs 1987 ·American Ethnologist ·Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz	5
15	Sepik River Societies: A Historical Ethnography of the Chambri and Their Neighbors 1987 ·The Journal of Interdisciplinary History ·John W. Adams, Deborah Gewertz	6
16	History and ethnohistory in Papua New Guinea 1985 ·Deborah Gewertz, Edward L. Schieffelin	28
17	The Myth of the Blood-Men: An Explanation of Chambri Warfare 1978 ·Journal of Anthropological Research ·Deborah Gewertz	1
18	Tit for Tat: Barter Markets in the Middle Sepik 1978 ·Anthropological Quarterly ·Deborah Gewertz	10
19	Exchange spheres among the Chambri people of Papua New Guinea 1977 ·University Microfilms International eBooks ·Deborah Gewertz	1
20	The Politics of Affinal Exchange: Chambri as a Client Market 1977 ·Ethnology ·Deborah Gewertz	4

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