Erika Bourguignon

4.4k total citations
73 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Erika Bourguignon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erika Bourguignon has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Religious studies and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Erika Bourguignon's work include Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (9 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 papers) and Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 papers). Erika Bourguignon is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (9 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 papers) and Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 papers). Erika Bourguignon collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Erika Bourguignon's co-authors include Paul Farmer, Ian Hacking, Philip L. Berg, Ralph W. Hood, Elaine Showalter, Michael Lambek, Gilbert Rouget, Ronald L. Grimes, Sidney W. Mintz and Sander L. Gilman and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Erika Bourguignon

62 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erika Bourguignon United States 26 799 462 372 324 294 73 2.4k
James W. Fernández United States 21 1.2k 1.5× 674 1.5× 272 0.7× 202 0.6× 257 0.9× 74 2.9k
Emily Martin United States 16 878 1.1× 200 0.4× 215 0.6× 447 1.4× 186 0.6× 48 3.1k
Vincent Crapanzano United States 20 1.0k 1.3× 687 1.5× 201 0.5× 207 0.6× 256 0.9× 56 2.2k
Naomi Quinn United States 17 982 1.2× 167 0.4× 804 2.2× 584 1.8× 143 0.5× 35 3.4k
Andrew Strathern United States 30 1.5k 1.9× 1.3k 2.9× 310 0.8× 167 0.5× 205 0.7× 160 3.9k
Margaret Mead United States 27 959 1.2× 314 0.7× 586 1.6× 213 0.7× 82 0.3× 211 3.1k
Jean‐Paul Sartre France 23 850 1.1× 143 0.3× 428 1.2× 415 1.3× 833 2.8× 98 3.0k
Robert B. Edgerton United States 25 972 1.2× 131 0.3× 562 1.5× 860 2.7× 148 0.5× 69 3.1k
Melvin Ember United States 29 1.0k 1.3× 417 0.9× 413 1.1× 167 0.5× 50 0.2× 85 2.4k
Karen E. Fields United States 11 1.3k 1.6× 357 0.8× 233 0.6× 80 0.2× 164 0.6× 19 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erika Bourguignon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bourguignon, Erika. (2004). Haiti and the Art of Paul-Henri Bourguignon. Research in African Literatures. 35(2). 173–188.
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Bourguignon, Erika & Sander L. Gilman. (1997). Smart Jews: The Construction of the Image of Jewish Superior Intelligence. The Antioch Review. 55(3). 377–377. 34 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1995). Possession and Social Change in Eastern Africa. Anthropological Quarterly. 68(2). 71–74. 2 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1991). Hortense Powdermaker, the Teacher. Journal of Anthropological Research. 47(4). 417–428. 2 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika & Ronald L. Grimes. (1991). Ritual Criticism: Case Studies in Its Practice, Essays on Its Theory. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 30(3). 343–343. 79 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika, et al.. (1991). Music and Dance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession.. Man. 26(3). 576–576. 135 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1989). Trance and Shamanism: What's in a Name?. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 21(1). 9–15. 10 indexed citations
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Noll, Richard, Jeanne Achterberg, Erika Bourguignon, et al.. (1985). Mental Imagery Cultivation as a Cultural Phenomenon: The Role of Visions in Shamanism [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 26(4). 443–461. 99 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1983). Sex Bias, Ethnocentrism, and Myth Building in Anthropology: The Case of Universal Male Dominance. 5(1). 59–79. 2 indexed citations
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Hood, Ralph W. & Erika Bourguignon. (1976). Religion, Altered States of Consciousness, and Social Change. Review of Religious Research. 17(2). 172–172. 131 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1975). African Magic in Latin America: Santería. Hispanic American Historical Review. 55(1). 163–163. 3 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika & Sidney W. Mintz. (1975). Caribbean Transformations.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 55(4). 790–790. 75 indexed citations
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Berg, Philip L. & Erika Bourguignon. (1974). Religion, Altered States of Consciousness and Social Change.. Social Forces. 53(1). 142–142. 162 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1970). ETHNOLOGY: Island Possessed. Katherine Dunham. American Anthropologist. 72(5). 1132–1133. 1 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika, et al.. (1968). Diversity and homogeneity : a comparative analysis of societal characteristics based on data from the Ethnographic atlas. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika & Margaret Read. (1961). Children of Their Fathers: Growing up among the Ngoni of Nyasaland. Marriage and Family Living. 23(2). 212–212. 7 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1959). The Persistence of Folk Belief: Some Notes on Cannibalism and Zombis in Haiti. Journal of American Folklore. 72(283). 36–36. 8 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Erika. (1954). Dreams and Dream Interpretation in Haiti*. American Anthropologist. 56(2). 262–268. 14 indexed citations

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