James Gibbs

803 total citations
59 papers, 375 citations indexed

About

James Gibbs is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Gibbs has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 375 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 14 papers in Anthropology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James Gibbs's work include African history and culture studies (11 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (8 papers) and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (8 papers). James Gibbs is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (11 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (8 papers) and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (8 papers). James Gibbs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and United Kingdom. James Gibbs's co-authors include Louis Molet, Wolé Soyinka, Wendy Griswold, John Henry Merryman, Tanure Ojaide, John H. Barton, Bernth Lindfors, Biodun Jeyifo, Martin Banham and Anthony Graham‐White and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and American Behavioral Scientist.

In The Last Decade

James Gibbs

42 papers receiving 209 citations

Peers

James Gibbs
John Donne
Marcia L. Colish United States
Jonathan Crewe United States
Francis Barker
Tom Conley United States
Naomi Schor United States
Corinne A. Kratz United States
Liz Gunner South Africa
Annie E. Coombes United Kingdom
Michael Beehler
John Donne
James Gibbs
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Fields of papers citing papers by James Gibbs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Gibbs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gibbs, James. (2011). Reading and Be-ing: Finding Meaning in Jean-Paul Sartre's La Nausée. Sartre Studies International. 17(1). 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (2010). St. Martin-in-the-Fields. NDSU Repository (North Dakota State University).
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Gibbs, James. (2009). Nkyin-Kyin: Essays on the Ghanaian Theatre.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Banham, Martin, et al.. (2001). African theatre : playwrights & politics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James, et al.. (1998). A Critical History of Shona Poetry. World Literature Today. 72(1). 193–193. 12 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1998). Stanford Anthropology Department Splits. Anthropology News. 39(7). 21–21. 3 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1995). The Writer and the Road: Wole Soyinka and Those Who Cause Death by Dangerous Driving. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 33(3). 469–498. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James, et al.. (1994). The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison. World Literature Today. 68(2). 411–411. 7 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James, et al.. (1993). Daughters of the Dust. African Arts. 26(1). 81–81. 2 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James, et al.. (1988). Wole Soyinka: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Theatre Journal. 40(1). 137–137. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1988). Biography Into Autobiography: Wole Soyinka and the Relatives Who Inhabit ‘Ake’. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 26(3). 517–548. 5 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1988). Singing in the dark rain. Index on Censorship. 17(2). 18–22. 1 indexed citations
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Barton, John H., et al.. (1988). Law in Radically Different Cultures. The American Journal of Comparative Law. 36(2). 385–385. 16 indexed citations
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Soyinka, Wolé, et al.. (1983). Wole Soyinka: Art et Politique. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 17(3). 549–549. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1981). Law in Radically Different Cultures. American Behavioral Scientist. 25(1). 37–42. 5 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1969). Afro-American Committee Chairman Replies to Clarke Report. 2(6-7). 13–14. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1968). Rules for drawing. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1963). Marital Instability among the Kpelle: Towards a Theory of Epainogamy1,2. American Anthropologist. 65(3). 552–573. 8 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James. (1963). The Kpelle Moot: A Therapeutic Model for the Informal Settlement of Disputes. Africa. 33(1). 1–11. 66 indexed citations

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