Mel Y. Chen

3.3k citations
21 papers · 1.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 8
Topics
Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 papers)Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (3 papers)Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaSignsGLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Partner nations
United StatesCzechia

In The Last Decade

Mel Y. Chen

17 papers receiving 703 citations

Hit Papers

Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect201220262016202120122012100200300400

Peers

Mel Y. Chen
Comparison fields: 5 of 93
  • Sociology and Political Science 377
  • Cultural Studies 324
  • Geography, Planning and Development 309
  • Literature and Literary Theory 177
  • Gender Studies 126
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Fields of papers citing papers by Mel Y. Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mel Y. Chen

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All Works

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Introduction: Has the Queer Ever Been Human?
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Lurching for the Cure?: On Zombies and the Reproduction of Disability
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Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affectbreakdown →
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About Mel Y. Chen

Mel Y. Chen is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Cultural Studies and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 21 papers that have together received 1.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 papers), Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (3 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (309 citations), Cultural Studies (324 citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (177 citations). Mel Y. Chen has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include Dana Luciano, Timothy Choy and Jina B. Kim. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Signs and GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.

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