Jean Comaroff

26.2k citations
123 papers · 11.4k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 44

Jean Comaroff

118 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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Jean Comaroff
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  • Anthropology 4.4k
  • Archeology 187
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.5k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 688
  • Political Science and International Relations 2.3k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20231
2
Portrait: Jean Comaroff
20122
3
Theory from the South: Or, how Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africabreakdown →
2012582
4 20124
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Theory From the South: A Rejoinder
201218
6 200945
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Picturing a colonial past : the African photographs of Isaac Schapera
200712
8
Law and disorder in the postcolony*breakdown →
2007383
9 20061
10 200439
11 2003120
12 20023
13 200224
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Reading, Rioting, and Arithmetic: The Impact of Mission Education on Black Consciousness in South Africa
19972
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The dialectics of modernity on a South African frontier
199737
16
The Portrait of an Unknown South African: Identity in a Global Age
19974
17 19952
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Christianity, colonialism, and consciousness in South Africa
199151
19 199129
20 198198

About Jean Comaroff

Jean Comaroff is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology, Sociology and Political Science, Law and Music, having authored 123 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (17 papers), South African History and Culture (14 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (14 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (5 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers) and Law in Society and Culture (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (4.4k citations), Archeology (187 citations), Sociology and Political Science (6.5k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (688 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (2.3k citations). Jean Comaroff has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include John Comaroff, Allen Isaacman, Sam C. Nolutshungu, Jan Vansina, Joan Vincent, Roy Willis, Lenore John, Harriet Ngubane, Peter Maguire and Blair Rutherford. Their work appears in journals such as American Ethnologist, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, African Studies Review and Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines.

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