Tavia Nyong’o

1.3k total citations
41 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Tavia Nyong’o is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Music and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Tavia Nyong’o has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Music and 11 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Tavia Nyong’o's work include Music History and Culture (13 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (7 papers) and Theatre and Performance Studies (6 papers). Tavia Nyong’o is often cited by papers focused on Music History and Culture (13 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (7 papers) and Theatre and Performance Studies (6 papers). Tavia Nyong’o collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Tavia Nyong’o's co-authors include Jack Halberstam, Fred Moten, Gayle Salamon, Amy Villarejo, Miranda Joseph, Regina Kunzel, Jayna Brown, Roderick A. Ferguson, Kevin Floyd and Lisa Rofel and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Text, GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies and Representations.

In The Last Decade

Tavia Nyong’o

30 papers receiving 211 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tavia Nyong’o United States 12 183 84 82 71 48 41 348
Kara Keeling United States 9 159 0.9× 80 1.0× 87 1.1× 50 0.7× 41 0.9× 22 353
Kobena Mercer United States 9 189 1.0× 85 1.0× 72 0.9× 35 0.5× 20 0.4× 29 394
D. Robert DeChaine United States 7 141 0.8× 64 0.8× 39 0.5× 84 1.2× 20 0.4× 9 286
Christopher Nealon United States 8 121 0.7× 58 0.7× 56 0.7× 14 0.2× 49 1.0× 16 290
David Muggleton United Kingdom 2 214 1.2× 93 1.1× 48 0.6× 143 2.0× 46 1.0× 3 355
Jack Halberstam United States 11 154 0.8× 120 1.4× 47 0.6× 13 0.2× 50 1.0× 29 340
Carolyn Dinshaw United States 8 168 0.9× 76 0.9× 52 0.6× 12 0.2× 64 1.3× 27 445
James Winchester United States 4 144 0.8× 71 0.8× 37 0.5× 31 0.4× 14 0.3× 10 322
Mimi Thi Nguyen United States 7 225 1.2× 54 0.6× 89 1.1× 31 0.4× 16 0.3× 22 333
Stacy Gillis United Kingdom 7 126 0.7× 154 1.8× 31 0.4× 20 0.3× 23 0.5× 21 295

Countries citing papers authored by Tavia Nyong’o

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tavia Nyong’o

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tavia Nyong’o

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tavia Nyong’o. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tavia Nyong’o based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tavia Nyong’o. Tavia Nyong’o is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2022). Unburdening Liveness. TDR/The Drama Review. 66(4). 28–36. 2 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2022). Opacity, Narration, and “The Fathomless Word”. Representations. 158(1). 45–56. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia, et al.. (2019). Algorithms and Performance: An Introduction. TDR/The Drama Review. 63(4). 8–13. 3 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2015). Little Monsters. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 21(2-3). 249–272. 18 indexed citations
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Chuh, Kandice, et al.. (2014). Being with José. Social Text. 32(4). 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia & Francesca T. Royster. (2013). “Different Love?”: Introducing the Trans/Queer Issue. Journal of Popular Music Studies. 25(4). 411–414. 2 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2013). Queer Hip Hop and its Dark Precursors. 2(2). 144–146. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2012). Darker than Blue: On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2010 by Paul Gilroy. Journal of Popular Music Studies. 24(1). 107–111.
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2011). Have You Seen His Childhood? Song, Screen, and the Queer Culture of the Child in Michael Jackson's Music. Journal of Popular Music Studies. 23(1). 40–57. 5 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2010). The unforgivable transgression of being Caster Semenya. Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory. 20(1). 95–100. 46 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2009). The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 39 indexed citations
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Edwards, Brent Hayes, Alondra Nelson, & Tavia Nyong’o. (2009). Social Text. Social Text. 27(3). 231–241. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2009). Unfinished situations. Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory. 19(2). 187–203. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2007). THE LOW-END THEORY. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 13(2-3). 403–405. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2007). Do You Want Queer Theory (or Do You Want the Truth)? Intersections of Punk and Queer in the 1970s. Radical History Review. 2008(100). 103–119. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, Jayna & Tavia Nyong’o. (2006). Recall and response: black women performers & the mapping of memory. Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory. 16(1). 3–5. 1 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2005). Punk'd Theory. Social Text. 23(3-4). 19–34. 18 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2005). Black Theatre's Closet Drama. Theatre Journal. 57(4). 590–592. 2 indexed citations
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Nyong’o, Tavia. (2002). Racial Kitsch and Black Performance. Yale journal of criticism/˜The œYale journal of criticism. 15(2). 371–391. 18 indexed citations

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