Robert Cancel

450 total citations
17 papers, 142 citations indexed

About

Robert Cancel is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Cancel has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 142 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Cancel's work include Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 papers), African history and culture analysis (5 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 papers). Robert Cancel is often cited by papers focused on Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 papers), African history and culture analysis (5 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 papers). Robert Cancel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Cancel's co-authors include Teshome H. Gabriel, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Kathryn L. Green, Karin Barber, Daniel F. McCall, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette, Allen F. Roberts, David Dorsey, Sandra T. Barnes and Charles W. McClellan and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, African Studies Review and Journal of American Folklore.

In The Last Decade

Robert Cancel

8 papers receiving 78 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Cancel United States 5 71 54 24 21 21 17 142
Leo Ou-fan Lee United States 7 149 2.1× 22 0.4× 27 1.1× 18 0.9× 14 0.7× 18 218
Revathi Krishnaswamy United States 6 81 1.1× 30 0.6× 31 1.3× 51 2.4× 8 0.4× 12 172
Mark Konnert Canada 4 46 0.6× 28 0.5× 36 1.5× 13 0.6× 18 0.9× 9 167
John Gledson United Kingdom 5 61 0.9× 23 0.4× 20 0.8× 74 3.5× 5 0.2× 23 165
Terry A. Cooney United States 8 78 1.1× 12 0.2× 26 1.1× 20 1.0× 15 0.7× 16 153
Charles Ambler United States 7 91 1.3× 69 1.3× 16 0.7× 9 0.4× 21 1.0× 10 142
Paula Rabinowitz India 7 64 0.9× 13 0.2× 18 0.8× 66 3.1× 20 1.0× 31 165
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay United Kingdom 6 56 0.8× 35 0.6× 48 2.0× 36 1.7× 13 0.6× 46 164
Peter Sabor Canada 8 49 0.7× 27 0.5× 17 0.7× 115 5.5× 33 1.6× 34 204
Neil Forsyth Switzerland 6 49 0.7× 30 0.6× 26 1.1× 55 2.6× 6 0.3× 29 186

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Cancel

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Cancel, Robert. (2022). Between Mosquitos and Moskeetoze: Technical, Political, and Familial Bricolage in Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift. Research in African Literatures. 53(3). 118–131.
2.
Cancel, Robert. (2013). Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions. Open Book Publishers. 7 indexed citations
3.
Cancel, Robert. (2006). Asserting/Inventing Traditions on the Luapula. African Arts. 39(3). 12–26.
4.
Cancel, Robert. (2006). Asserting/Inventing Traditions on the Luapula: The Lunda Mutomboko Festival. African Arts. 39(3). 12–93. 1 indexed citations
5.
Cancel, Robert. (2002). BOOK REVIEW: David Attwell and Barbara Harlow.SOUTH AFRICAN FICTION AFTER APARTHEID, ED. Spec. issue ofModern Fiction Studies46.1 (2000).. Research in African Literatures. 33(1). 182–183. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Allen F. & Robert Cancel. (1991). Allegorical Speculation in an Oral Society: The Tabwa Narrative Tradition. Journal of American Folklore. 104(413). 379–379. 1 indexed citations
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McCall, Daniel F. & Robert Cancel. (1990). Allegorical Speculation in an Oral Society: The Tabwa Narrative Tradition. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(1). 185–185. 6 indexed citations
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Dorsey, David & Robert Cancel. (1990). Allegorical Speculation in an Oral Society: The Tabwa Narrative Tradition. World Literature Today. 64(1). 184–184. 1 indexed citations
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Green, Kathryn L., Karin Barber, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, & Robert Cancel. (1990). Discourse and Its Disguises: The Interpretation of African Oral Texts. African Studies Review. 33(3). 122–122. 38 indexed citations
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Cancel, Robert. (1989). Allegorical speculation in an oral society. 2 indexed citations
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Jules‐Rosette, Bennetta & Robert Cancel. (1986). Introductory Remarks on African Humanities. African Studies Review. 29(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
12.
Cancel, Robert. (1986). Broadcasting Oral Traditions: The "Logic" of Narrative Variants--The Problem of "Message". African Studies Review. 29(1). 60–60. 2 indexed citations
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Cancel, Robert & Teshome H. Gabriel. (1985). Third Cinema in the Third World: The Aesthetics of Liberation. African Arts. 18(4). 97–97. 69 indexed citations
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Cancel, Robert. (1985). Literary Criticism as Social Philippic and Personal Exorcism: Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Critical Writings. World Literature Today. 59(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations
15.
Cancel, Robert, et al.. (1982). Folktales of Egypt. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 15(4). 743–743. 10 indexed citations
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Cancel, Robert, et al.. (1982). Growth of the African Novel. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 15(2). 356–356.
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Davis, Robert H., Brian T. Welch, Sandra T. Barnes, et al.. (1981). ASR volume 24 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. African Studies Review. 24(4). f1–f13. 1 indexed citations

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