Kenneth Bilby

856 total citations
35 papers, 231 citations indexed

About

Kenneth Bilby is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Bilby has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 231 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cultural Studies, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Bilby's work include Caribbean history, culture, and politics (26 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (9 papers) and Cuban History and Society (6 papers). Kenneth Bilby is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean history, culture, and politics (26 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (9 papers) and Cuban History and Society (6 papers). Kenneth Bilby collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Kenneth Bilby's co-authors include Jerome S. Handler, Peter Manuel, Kevin A. Yelvington, Gage Averill, Robin Moore, Jorge Duany, John W. Crowley, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Yvonne Daniel and Deborah Pacini Hernández and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist and Ethnohistory.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Bilby

31 papers receiving 156 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth Bilby United States 9 117 97 89 32 27 35 231
Donald J. Cosentino United States 8 57 0.5× 96 1.0× 93 1.0× 20 0.6× 64 2.4× 42 246
Raphaël Confiant Guadeloupe 6 78 0.7× 92 0.9× 87 1.0× 8 0.3× 146 5.4× 34 287
Patrick Chamoiseau United States 8 89 0.8× 101 1.0× 119 1.3× 10 0.3× 185 6.9× 38 358
Jocelyne Guilbault United States 8 68 0.6× 33 0.3× 87 1.0× 138 4.3× 20 0.7× 25 217
Ana María Ochoa Gautier United States 4 52 0.4× 23 0.2× 54 0.6× 104 3.3× 12 0.4× 19 197
Paulla A. Ebron United States 6 41 0.4× 63 0.6× 137 1.5× 79 2.5× 4 0.1× 11 268
Michel Leiris Algeria 8 23 0.2× 55 0.6× 95 1.1× 7 0.2× 27 1.0× 64 236
Eileen Julien United States 7 16 0.1× 96 1.0× 83 0.9× 13 0.4× 27 1.0× 26 276
Elizabeth McAlister United States 8 50 0.4× 50 0.5× 137 1.5× 12 0.4× 56 2.1× 25 244
Bruce A. Rosenberg United States 9 19 0.2× 24 0.2× 49 0.6× 22 0.7× 19 0.7× 36 219

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Bilby

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Bilby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Bilby

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Handler, Jerome S. & Kenneth Bilby. (2012). Enacting Power. 9 indexed citations
2.
Bilby, Kenneth. (2010). Distant Drums: The Unsung Contribution of African-Jamaican Percussion to Popular Music at Home and Abroad. Caribbean Quarterly. 56(4). 1–21. 1 indexed citations
3.
Bilby, Kenneth. (2008). A Caribbean Musical Enigma: Barbados. 36(2). 236–240.
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Bilby, Kenneth & Kevin A. Yelvington. (2008). True-Born Maroons. University Press of Florida eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2006). True-Born Maroons. Journal of Latin American Anthropology. 11(2). 463–465. 1 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2006). True‐Born Maroons. Journal of Latin American Anthropology. 11(2). 463–465.
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2005). True-Born Maroons. 27 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth & Jerome S. Handler. (2004). Obeah: Healing and Protection in West Indian Slave Life1. 38(2). 153. 27 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2004). The explorer as hero: ‘Le Fidèle Apatou’ in the French wilderness. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 78(3-4). 197–227. 3 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2002). The Gullah People and Their African Heritage. American Anthropologist. 104(1). 373–374. 3 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (2001). Aleke: New Music and New Identities in the Guianas. Latin American Music Review. 22(1). 31–47. 2 indexed citations
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Manuel, Peter, et al.. (1997). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Journal of American Folklore. 110(438). 445–445. 1 indexed citations
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Duany, Jorge, Yvonne Daniel, Peter Manuel, et al.. (1996). Rethinking the Popular: Recent Essays on Caribbean Music and Identity. Latin American Music Review. 17(2). 176–176. 2 indexed citations
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Moore, Robin, et al.. (1996). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Notes. 53(1). 89–89. 4 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (1989). Divided loyalties: local politics and the play of states among the Aluku. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 63(3-4). 143–173. 3 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (1989). Book Reviews. American Ethnologist. 16(4). 802–804. 1 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (1984). The treacherous feast: a Jamaican Maroon historical myth. Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. 140(1). 1–31. 2 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth, et al.. (1983). Kumina: a Kongo-based tradition in the New World. 1–114. 8 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (1983). Black thoughts from the Caribbean: i-deology at home and abroad. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 57(3-4). 201–214. 1 indexed citations
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Bilby, Kenneth. (1981). The Kromanti dance of the windward maroons of Jamaica. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 55(1). 52–101. 15 indexed citations

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