William J. Spurlin

421 total citations
24 papers, 169 citations indexed

About

William J. Spurlin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Spurlin has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 169 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Gender Studies and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in William J. Spurlin's work include African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (7 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 papers) and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers). William J. Spurlin is often cited by papers focused on African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (7 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 papers) and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers). William J. Spurlin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. William J. Spurlin's co-authors include Margaret R. Higonnet, Maud Anne Bracke, Olga Castro and Emek Ergün and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Media Literacy Education, Feminist Review and African Studies Review.

In The Last Decade

William J. Spurlin

18 papers receiving 123 citations

Peers

William J. Spurlin
Valerie Smith United States
Elizabeth Fay United States
Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi United States
Sonya Andermahr United Kingdom
Aniruddha Dutta United States
Irene Visser Netherlands
Edmund White United States
Jessica Auchter United States
Carole Brugeilles France
Marc Redfield United States
Valerie Smith United States
William J. Spurlin
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Castro, Olga, et al.. (2024). Transnationalizing Feminist Translation Studies? Insights from the Warwick School of Feminist Translation: A Roundtable. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 24(24). 4–26.
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Spurlin, William J.. (2018). Queer Theory and Biomedical Practice: The Biomedicalization of Sexuality/The Cultural Politics of Biomedicine. Journal of Medical Humanities. 40(1). 7–20. 24 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2014). Introduction: The Gender and Queer Politics of Translation: New Approaches. Comparative Literature Studies. 51(2). 201–214. 12 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2014). The gender and queer politics of translation: New approaches. Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London). 51(2). 201–214. 7 indexed citations
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Higonnet, Margaret R., et al.. (2010). Introduction: Comparing queerly, queering comparison: Theorizing identities between cultures, histories, and disciplines. 1–19.
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Higonnet, Margaret R., et al.. (2010). Comparatively Queer: Interrogating Identities across Time and Cultures. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2009). Lost Intimacies. 6 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2008). Lost Intimacies: Rethinking Homosexuality under National Socialism. Figshare. 9 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2007). Imperialism within the Margins: Queer Representation and the Politics of Culture in Southern Africa. Figshare. 6 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2006). Imperialism within the Margins. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2004). Rethinking the politics of race, gender, and sexuality: the critical reception of Baldwin's 'Go tell it on the mountain' in the Cold War imaginary and in US black nationalism. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2002). Theorizing Queer Pedagogy in English Studies after the 1990s. College English. 65(1). 9–16. 4 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (2000). Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English: Positions, Pedagogies, and Cultural Politics.. 28 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (1999). Queer identity and racial alienation: The politics of race and sexuality in James Baldwin and in the “New” South Africa. Journal of Literary Studies. 15(1-2). 218–237. 4 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J., et al.. (1995). The New Criticism and Contemporary Literary Theory: Connections and Continuities. Figshare. 4 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (1993). Questioning the subject: reading, identity construction, and psychoanalytic theories of subjectivity. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (1990). A Comment on "The Construction of Purpose in Writing and Reading". College English. 52(3). 346–346. 1 indexed citations
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Spurlin, William J.. (1990). Theorizing Signifying(g) and the Role of the Reader: Possible Directions for African-American Literary Criticism. College English. 52(7). 732–732. 2 indexed citations

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