Desirée Lewis

485 total citations
32 papers, 193 citations indexed

About

Desirée Lewis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Desirée Lewis has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 193 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Gender Studies and 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Desirée Lewis's work include Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (6 papers), South African History and Culture (4 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (4 papers). Desirée Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (6 papers), South African History and Culture (4 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (4 papers). Desirée Lewis collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Desirée Lewis's co-authors include Cheryl Hendricks, Mamphela Ramphele, Elaine Salo, Rick Rohde and Vasu Reddy and has published in prestigious journals such as African Affairs, Women s Studies International Forum and Sexualities.

In The Last Decade

Desirée Lewis

27 papers receiving 137 citations

Peers

Desirée Lewis
Nancy Ries United States
Susan J. Terrio United States
María Laura Viveiros de Castro Cavalcanti Brazil
Gabeba Baderoon United States
Diarmaid Ferriter Ireland
Karina Felitti Argentina
Ty P. Kāwika Tengan United States
Stephen J. Hunt United Kingdom
E. Frances White Ireland
Margaret Visser
Nancy Ries United States
Desirée Lewis
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desirée Lewis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lewis, Desirée, et al.. (2023). Transnational Perspectives on Food, Ecology and the Anthropocene. Agenda. 37(1). 3–11.
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Lewis, Desirée, et al.. (2023). South African Food Studies. Matatu. 54(1). 1–15.
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Lewis, Desirée. (2021). Governmentality and South Africa’s Edifice of Gender and Sexual Rights. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 56(1). 109–119. 5 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée & Vasu Reddy. (2021). Guest Editors’ Introduction: Special Issue on Critical Food Studies in South Africa: Feminist Perspectives. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 9(1).
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Lewis, Desirée, et al.. (2021). “We Eat Sushi Now”: Targeting Hungry Students at South African Universities. 9(1). 2 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (2016). Bodies, matter and feminist freedoms: Revisiting the politics of food. Agenda. 30(4). 6–16. 21 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée, et al.. (2013). Exploring new media technologies among young South African women. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (2013). Politics, Freedoms and Spirituality in Alaa Al Aswany’s Yacoubian Building. 33(1). 101–126. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée & Rick Rohde. (2011). Sophia Klaaste: self-portraits. Social Dynamics. 37(2). 299–311. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (2011). Feminism and the radical imagination. 21(72). 18–31. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (2007). Living on A Horizon: Bessie Head and the Politics of Imagining. 7 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (2004). Biography, Nationalism and Yvonne Vera'sNehanda. Social Dynamics. 30(1). 28–50. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (1999). Power, Representation, and Textual Politics of Bessie Head. 2–15.
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Lewis, Desirée. (1996). The Cardinals and Bessie Head's Allegories of Self. World Literature Today. 70(1). 73–73. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (1993). Theorising About Gender in South Africa. Equal Opportunities International. 12(1). 7–10. 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée & Elaine Salo. (1993). Birth Control, Contraception and Women's Rights in SA: A Cape Town Case Study. Agenda. 59–59. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (1992). Myths of Motherhood and Power: The Construction of 'Black Woman' in Literature. English in Africa. 19(1). 3 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (1992). Myths of motherhood and power : black women in literature. English in Africa. 19(1). 35–51. 2 indexed citations
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Lewis, Desirée. (1992). The Politics of Feminism in South Africa. 10(3). 15–21. 14 indexed citations
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