Jane K. Cowan

2.9k total citations
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jane K. Cowan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane K. Cowan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Jane K. Cowan's work include Balkans: History, Politics, Society (6 papers), Diversity and Impact of Dance (4 papers) and Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 papers). Jane K. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Balkans: History, Politics, Society (6 papers), Diversity and Impact of Dance (4 papers) and Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 papers). Jane K. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland. Jane K. Cowan's co-authors include C. Nadia Seremetakis, Margaret E. Kenna, Julie Billaud, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Hilary Charlesworth, Walter Kälin, Phyllis Creme, Stephanie Moor, Sarah Joseph and Jenny Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Adolescence and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Jane K. Cowan

33 papers receiving 740 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jane K. Cowan United Kingdom 14 548 303 269 130 107 39 1.1k
Margaret E. Kenna United Kingdom 11 608 1.1× 193 0.6× 258 1.0× 84 0.6× 96 0.9× 32 1.2k
Allon White 5 498 0.9× 120 0.4× 182 0.7× 142 1.1× 160 1.5× 8 1.4k
Edith Turner United States 13 742 1.4× 92 0.3× 270 1.0× 76 0.6× 100 0.9× 45 1.4k
Adeline Masquelier United States 17 662 1.2× 265 0.9× 469 1.7× 72 0.6× 33 0.3× 53 1.3k
Kirin Narayan United States 13 573 1.0× 168 0.6× 314 1.2× 88 0.7× 23 0.2× 42 1.0k
Svetlana Boym United States 10 498 0.9× 183 0.6× 137 0.5× 152 1.2× 95 0.9× 26 1.2k
Allen Feldman United States 14 743 1.4× 276 0.9× 237 0.9× 72 0.6× 83 0.8× 38 1.1k
Gerd Baumann Netherlands 10 782 1.4× 224 0.7× 157 0.6× 70 0.5× 26 0.2× 32 1.2k
Werner Sollors United States 13 669 1.2× 140 0.5× 137 0.5× 230 1.8× 122 1.1× 86 1.2k
Debarati Sanyal India 7 504 0.9× 147 0.5× 110 0.4× 133 1.0× 157 1.5× 25 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jane K. Cowan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Billaud, Julie & Jane K. Cowan. (2020). The bureaucratisation of utopia: ethics, affects and subjectivities in international governance processes. Social Anthropology. 28(1). 6–16. 11 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2015). Our Wheels Project: Finding the Extraordinary within the Ordinary.. 17(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2015). The Universal Periodic Review as a public audit ritual: an anthropological perspective on emerging practices in the global governance of human rights. Figshare. 5 indexed citations
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Charlesworth, Hilary, Hilary Charlesworth, Hilary Charlesworth, et al.. (2015). Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 46 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K. & Julie Billaud. (2015). Between learning and schooling: the politics of human rights monitoring at the Universal Periodic Review. Third World Quarterly. 36(6). 1175–1190. 27 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2014). Struggling over procedures and other interventions. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 4(3). 89–97. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2012). Letters to the League of Nations. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2010). Cultura y derechos después de Culture and Rights. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2010). Coincidences as connections. Focaal. 2010(56). 99–105. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2008). Fixing national subjects in the 1920s southern Balkans: Also an international practice. American Ethnologist. 35(2). 338–356. 18 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2006). An Obligation to "Support Human Rights" Unconditionally Is Misguided Moralism. Anthropology News. 47(7). 7–7. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2006). Culture and Rights after Culture and Rights. American Anthropologist. 108(1). 9–24. 69 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K., et al.. (2001). Culture and Rights. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 230 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (2000). Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 38 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K., et al.. (1996). Alcohol, Gender and Culture. Feminist Review. 116–116. 5 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K., et al.. (1995). Gendered Anthropology. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(4). 876–876. 48 indexed citations
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Cefkin, Melissa & Jane K. Cowan. (1993). Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece. Journal of American Folklore. 106(420). 241–241. 2 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K., et al.. (1991). Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 23. 131–131. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Jane K.. (1990). Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece. Princeton University Press eBooks. 114 indexed citations

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