Donald Brenneis

1.8k total citations
31 papers, 820 citations indexed

About

Donald Brenneis is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Brenneis has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Linguistics and Language, 9 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Donald Brenneis's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers). Donald Brenneis is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers). Donald Brenneis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and China. Donald Brenneis's co-authors include Steven Feld, Andrew Strathern, Laurence Goldman, Laura Lein, Regina Bendix, Richard J. Parmentier, Sally Engle Merry, Lewis P. Lipsitt, Jeffrey T. Laitman and Toke Hoppenbrouwers and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Annual Review of Anthropology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Donald Brenneis

28 papers receiving 585 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald Brenneis United States 13 274 205 180 178 104 31 820
Dennis Tedlock United States 15 196 0.7× 200 1.0× 265 1.5× 149 0.8× 119 1.1× 42 1.1k
Patrick Eisenlohr Germany 18 244 0.9× 357 1.7× 248 1.4× 333 1.9× 53 0.5× 43 1.1k
Bruce Mannheim United States 12 210 0.8× 101 0.5× 123 0.7× 146 0.8× 93 0.9× 30 625
Michael Lempert United States 13 300 1.1× 243 1.2× 115 0.6× 238 1.3× 109 1.0× 30 822
Greg Urban United States 11 580 2.1× 374 1.8× 278 1.5× 489 2.7× 149 1.4× 24 1.6k
Joy Hendry United Kingdom 14 323 1.2× 283 1.4× 57 0.3× 156 0.9× 203 2.0× 47 1.1k
Dan Ben‐Amos United States 10 79 0.3× 171 0.8× 104 0.6× 42 0.2× 39 0.4× 64 602
Joel C. Kuipers United States 11 144 0.5× 124 0.6× 72 0.4× 115 0.6× 58 0.6× 40 541
Didier Maleuvre United States 6 92 0.3× 225 1.1× 56 0.3× 67 0.4× 33 0.3× 17 633
Paul Friedrich United States 14 247 0.9× 102 0.5× 77 0.4× 112 0.6× 119 1.1× 49 574

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Brenneis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Brenneis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Brenneis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brenneis, Donald. (2008). Telling Theories. Ethos. 36(1). 155–169. 2 indexed citations
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Merry, Sally Engle & Donald Brenneis. (2004). Law and Empire in the Pacific: Hawai'i and Fiji. 3 indexed citations
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Feld, Steven & Donald Brenneis. (2004). Doing anthropology in sound. American Ethnologist. 31(4). 461–474. 148 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (2002). On the El Dorado Task Force Papers. Anthropology News. 43(6). 8–8. 5 indexed citations
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Bendix, Regina & Donald Brenneis. (2000). The Pleasures of the Ear: Toward an Ethnography of Listening. 1. 33. 20 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1999). Identifying Practice: Comments on "The Pragmatic Turn in Psychological Anthropology". Ethos. 27(4). 530–535. 1 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1996). Speaking Law, Making Difference. PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 19(1). 117–124. 1 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1993). Some Contributions of Folklore to Social Theory: Aesthetics and Politics in a Translocal World. Western Folklore. 52(2/4). 291–291. 3 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1988). A propos des research proposals. Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales. 74(1). 82–82. 2 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1987). performing passions: aesthetics and politics in an occasionally egalitarian community. American Ethnologist. 14(2). 236–250. 61 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1986). Shared territory: Audience, indirection and meaning. Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse. 6(3). 35 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1985). Passion and Performance in Fiji Indian Vernacular Song. Ethnomusicology. 29(3). 397–397. 5 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1984). grog and gossip in Bhatgaon: style and substance in Fiji Indian conversation. American Ethnologist. 11(3). 487–506. 84 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald, et al.. (1984). Introduction: Language and Politics in the Pacific. 26 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1983). The Emerging Soloist: "Kavvālī" in Bhatgaon. Asian Folklore Studies. 42(1). 63–63. 7 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald, et al.. (1983). Malushahi: The Ballad of Kumaon. Asian Folklore Studies. 42(2). 313–313. 2 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald, Roman Jakobson, & Linda R. Waugh. (1982). The sound Shape of Language. Journal of American Folklore. 95(375). 93–93.
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Brenneis, Donald. (1980). Strategies of offence choice: malice and mischief in bhatgaon. 3(2). 28–42. 3 indexed citations
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Lein, Laura & Donald Brenneis. (1978). Children's disputes in three speach communities. Language in Society. 7(3). 299–323. 37 indexed citations
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Brenneis, Donald. (1978). The matter of talk: Political performances in Bhatgaon. Language in Society. 7(2). 159–170. 26 indexed citations

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