John Michael Vlach

1.5k total citations
48 papers, 639 citations indexed

About

John Michael Vlach is a scholar working on Anthropology, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Michael Vlach has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 639 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Michael Vlach's work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (8 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers) and Architecture, Design, and Social History (6 papers). John Michael Vlach is often cited by papers focused on Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (8 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers) and Architecture, Design, and Social History (6 papers). John Michael Vlach collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Michael Vlach's co-authors include Joseph E. Holloway, Wyatt MacGaffey, Thomas J. Schlereth, Richard Price, Henry Glassie, Dell Upton, Roger D. Abrahams, Michael Owen Jones, William L. Van Deburg and Trinh T. Minh‐ha and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and Geographical Review.

In The Last Decade

John Michael Vlach

38 papers receiving 375 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Michael Vlach United States	13	238	161	71	68	63	48	639
Henry Glassie United States	13	221 0.9×	158 1.0×	37 0.5×	76 1.1×	123 2.0×	59	676
Brian Durrans United Kingdom	3	257 1.1×	205 1.3×	63 0.9×	79 1.2×	37 0.6×	10	814
Simon Ottenberg United States	14	233 1.0×	200 1.2×	39 0.5×	29 0.4×	35 0.6×	74	661
Richard M. Dorson United States	12	173 0.7×	197 1.2×	76 1.1×	25 0.4×	297 4.7×	128	786
Theda Perdue United States	14	277 1.2×	309 1.9×	106 1.5×	36 0.5×	58 0.9×	57	802
Eric Gable United States	14	359 1.5×	369 2.3×	92 1.3×	20 0.3×	32 0.5×	54	948
Susanne Küchler United Kingdom	9	275 1.2×	192 1.2×	63 0.9×	94 1.4×	29 0.5×	28	773
M. J. Sallnow United Kingdom	10	288 1.2×	399 2.5×	75 1.1×	83 1.2×	16 0.3×	17	955
Philip J. Deloria United States	9	114 0.5×	175 1.1×	62 0.9×	10 0.1×	52 0.8×	31	471
Simon J. Bronner United States	13	78 0.3×	175 1.1×	60 0.8×	8 0.1×	172 2.7×	95	675

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Vlach, John Michael. (2010). Cultural Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries. Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. 6 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1999). George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America. The American Historical Review. 104(5). 1662–1662. 1 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael, Richard Handler, & Eric Gable. (1998). The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg. Ethnohistory. 45(4). 806–806. 3 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael. (1995). Fred B. Kniffen's Milestones in American Folklife Study. Journal of American Folklore. 108(429). 328–328.

Vlach, John Michael. (1995). "Snug Li'l House with Flue and Oven": Nineteenth-Century Reforms in Plantation Slave Housing. 5. 118–118. 4 indexed citations

Deburg, William L. Van & John Michael Vlach. (1994). Back of the Big House: The Architecture of Plantation Slavery.. The American Historical Review. 99(3). 970–970. 12 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1993). By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife. Journal of American Folklore. 106(420). 223–223. 10 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael & Roger D. Abrahams. (1993). Singing the Master: The Emergence of African American Culture in the Plantation South.. Journal of American History. 80(2). 668–668. 14 indexed citations

Vlach, John Michael & Joseph E. Holloway. (1991). Africanisms in American Culture. Journal of American Folklore. 104(414). 528–528. 155 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1991). Plain Painters, Making Sense of American Folk Art. Journal of American Folklore. 104(412). 218–218. 2 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1990). Folk Painting-An Oxymoron or a Threat to Folk Orthodoxy?. American Quarterly. 42(1). 153–153.

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Congdon, Kristin G., John Michael Vlach, & Simon J. Bronner. (1987). Folk Art and Art Worlds. Journal of American Folklore. 100(397). 355–355. 9 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael & Richard Price. (1986). First-Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People. Anthropological Quarterly. 59(1). 40–40. 35 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1986). African Spaces: Designs for Living in Upper Volta. African Arts. 19(3). 21–21. 15 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael & James Borchert. (1983). Alley Life in Washington: Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife in the City, 1850-1970. Journal of American Folklore. 96(379). 88–88. 1 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael. (1981). Quaker Tradition and the Paintings of Edward Hicks: A Strategy for the Study of Folk Art. Journal of American Folklore. 94(372). 145–145. 1 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael. (1981). Afro-American Folk Crafts in Nineteenth Century Texas. Western Folklore. 40(2). 149–149.

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Vlach, John Michael & Henry Glassie. (1978). Folk Housing in Middle Virginia: A Structural Analysis of Historic Artifacts. Western Folklore. 37(2). 134–134. 35 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael. (1976). Affecting Architecture of the Yoruba. African Arts. 10(1). 48–48. 10 indexed citations

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Vlach, John Michael, et al.. (1973). Toward a Folklife Approach to American Dialects. American Speech. 48(3/4). 163–163. 2 indexed citations

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