Hortense Powdermaker

2.3k total citations
25 papers, 958 citations indexed

About

Hortense Powdermaker is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Hortense Powdermaker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 958 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Hortense Powdermaker's work include African history and culture studies (4 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 papers). Hortense Powdermaker is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (4 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 papers). Hortense Powdermaker collaborates with scholars based in United States. Hortense Powdermaker's co-authors include Gerald D. Berreman, Blanche Geer, Robert Bierstedt, Brackette F. Williams, Cyril Sofer, J. E. Goldthorpe and Dominique Pasquier and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and Political Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Hortense Powdermaker

22 papers receiving 641 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hortense Powdermaker United States 10 490 242 103 74 64 25 958
Marion Kilson United States 10 463 0.9× 308 1.3× 132 1.3× 55 0.7× 74 1.2× 40 960
Kenneth Little Canada 17 450 0.9× 250 1.0× 114 1.1× 46 0.6× 90 1.4× 72 940
Robert F. Berkhofer United States 15 465 0.9× 251 1.0× 178 1.7× 62 0.8× 45 0.7× 53 1.2k
Julián Pitt-Rivers United States 17 514 1.0× 207 0.9× 211 2.0× 24 0.3× 54 0.8× 51 1.1k
John W. Blassingame United States 13 500 1.0× 198 0.8× 95 0.9× 73 1.0× 39 0.6× 35 821
David Donald United States 15 531 1.1× 190 0.8× 311 3.0× 120 1.6× 91 1.4× 73 1.3k
Jay Ruby United States 16 468 1.0× 199 0.8× 71 0.7× 98 1.3× 113 1.8× 66 1.1k
Gilberto Freyre United States 11 369 0.8× 154 0.6× 68 0.7× 33 0.4× 19 0.3× 56 710
Andrew P. Lyons Canada 8 339 0.7× 125 0.5× 103 1.0× 39 0.5× 32 0.5× 15 713
Philip Corrigan United Kingdom 13 697 1.4× 209 0.9× 408 4.0× 58 0.8× 80 1.3× 49 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hortense Powdermaker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Powdermaker, Hortense & Dominique Pasquier. (1997). Hollywood, l'usine à rêves. Réseaux. 15(86). 115–134. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense, et al.. (1993). After Freedom: A Cultural Study In The Deep South. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 116 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1979). Hollywood, the dream factory. 51 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1970). FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON LESU AND MALINOWSKI'S DIARY. Oceania. 40(4). 344–347. 4 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1968). Book Reviews : Fox, L. K., (ed.), East African Childhood: Three Versions. Nairobi, Oxford Uni versity Press, 1967, pp. 139. 9/s. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 3(1-2). 150–151. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1967). The Zande Scheme: An Anthropological Case Study of Economic Development in Africa. Conad C. Reining. American Anthropologist. 69(3-4). 421–422. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1965). Comment on Frantz' Review of “Copper Town: Changing Africa”. American Anthropologist. 67(5). 1284–1285. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1965). Order and Rebellion in Tribal Africa, by Max Gluckman. Political Science Quarterly. 80(1). 156–158. 169 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1964). GENERAL AND ETHNOLOGY: Langa: A Study of Social Groups in an African Township. Monica Wilson and Archie Mafeje. American Anthropologist. 66(5). 1199–1201. 1 indexed citations
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Goldthorpe, J. E. & Hortense Powdermaker. (1964). Copper Town: Changing Africa. British Journal of Sociology. 15(2). 181–181. 39 indexed citations
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Sofer, Cyril & Hortense Powdermaker. (1963). Copper Town: Changing Africa: The Human Situation of the Rhodesian Copperbelt.. American Sociological Review. 28(4). 670–670. 58 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1963). ETHNOLOGY: Townsmen or Tribesmen: Conservatism and the Process of Urbanization in a South African City. Philip Mayer. American Anthropologist. 65(2). 472–474. 3 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1959). ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Marriage and the Family Among the Plateau Tonga of Northern Rhodesia. ELIZABETH COLSON. American Anthropologist. 61(6). 1119–1121. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1957). GENERAL AND THEORETICAL: The Image. Kenneth Boulding. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan. American Anthropologist. 59(4). 718–719. 2 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1957). OTHER: Colonial Students: A Study of the Social Adaptation of Colonial Students in London. A. T. Carey. American Anthropologist. 59(6). 1139–1140. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1957). OTHER: Understanding Minority Groups. Joseph B. Gittler. American Anthropologist. 59(4). 760–760. 1 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1956). Social Change through Imagery and Values of Teen‐Age Africans in Northern Rhodesia1. American Anthropologist. 58(5). 783–813. 14 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1955). COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE, BASED ON A FIELD STUDY IN NORTHERN RHODESIA*. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 17(5 Series II). 430–440. 4 indexed citations
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Powdermaker, Hortense. (1953). Mass Communications Seminar : proceedings of an interdisciplinary seminar held under the auspices of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated, May 11-13, 1951. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Bierstedt, Robert & Hortense Powdermaker. (1951). Hollywood--The Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers.. American Sociological Review. 16(1). 124–124. 77 indexed citations

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