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Most cited papers in German Colonialism and Identity Studies

German Colonialism and Identity Studies

What are the most cited papers in German Colonialism and Identity Studies?

The most cited paper in German Colonialism and Identity Studies is "Federal Republic of Germany" (Hartmut Esser, Hermann Korte, 1985), with 907 citations. Next come "German Orientalism in the Age of Empire: Religion, Race, and Scholarship" (338) and "Convivialities: An Orientation" (217).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 34 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Federal Republic of Germany Hartmut Esser, Hermann Korte · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	10 Oct 1985	907
2	German Orientalism in the Age of Empire: Religion, Race, and Scholarship Bradley Naranch · German History	Nov 2010	338
3	Convivialities: An Orientation Amanda Wise, Greg Noble · Journal of Intercultural Studies Open access	22 Aug 2016	217
4	Without a Trace: Sexuality and the Colonial Archive Anjali Arondekar · Journal of the History of Sexuality	2005	201
5	„REVERSIBLE” DNA E. Peter Geiduschek · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access	Jul 1961	191
6	From Africa to Auschwitz: How German South West Africa Incubated Ideas and Methods Adopted and Developed by the Nazis in Eastern Europe Benjamin Madley · European History Quarterly	7 Jun 2005	185
7	`We are Dealing with People Whose Origins One can Clearly Tell Just by Looking': Critical Discourse Analysis and the Study of Neo-Racism in Contemporary Austria Ruth Wodak, Bernd Matouschek · Discourse & Society	Apr 1993	158
8	Das Kaiserreich transnational: Deutschland in der Welt 1871-1914 Andreas Fahrmeir · German History	Apr 2008	143
9	„Spirituelle Abhängigkeitserklärung“ Hartmut Rosa Book chapter	2019	130
10	Cultural Techniques: Or the End of the Intellectual Postwar Era in German Media Theory Bernhard Siegert · Theory Culture & Society	21 Aug 2013	125
11	Still ‘migrants’ after all those years: foundational mobilities, temporal frames and emplacement of migrants Ayşe Çağlar · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies	7 Feb 2016	116
12	Phantoms of the Archive: Kwame Nkrumah, a Nazi Pilot Named Hanna, and the Contingencies of Postcolonial History-Writing Jean Marie Allman · The American Historical Review Open access	Feb 2013	116
13	Normalbiographie und Individualität: Zur institutionellen Dynamik des gegenwärtigen Lebenslaufregimes Martin A. Kohli · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks Book chapterOpen access	1988	116
14	“The Devil's Handwriting”: Precolonial Discourse, Ethnographic Acuity, and Cross-Identification in German Colonialism George Steinmetz · Comparative Studies in Society and History Open access	2003	113
15	Hypersexuality and Headscarves: Race, Sex, and Citizenship in the New Germany Damani J. Partridge · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)	2012	100
16	Bundjalung settlement and migration Margaret C. Sharpe · Aboriginal History Journal Open access	2011	98
17	Immigration Policies, State Discourses on Foreigners, and the Politics of Identity in Switzerland Yvonne Riaño, Doris Wastl‐Walter · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space Open access	21 Aug 2006	94
18	Von der Notwendigkeit eines epistemischen Wandels María do Mar Castro Varela Book chapter	2 Dec 2015	90
19	Wille zum Waschlappen: Philipp Sarasin steigt in die öffentliche Badewanne. Review of: Sarasin, Philipp: Reizbare Maschinen : eine Geschichte des Körpers 1765-1914. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp 2001 Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger · Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics	2001	89
20	No Place Like Home: Locations of Heimat in German Cinema Johannes von Moltke · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)	6 Sep 2005	86
21	Translation practices in political institutions: a comparison of national, supranational, and non-governmental organisations Christina Schäffner, Luciana Sabina Tcaciuc, Wine Tesseur · Perspectives Open access	2 Oct 2014	85
22	Hybride Identitäten Naika Foroutan Book chapter	2013	84
23	Men of Science and Action: The Celebrity of Explorers and German National Identity, 1870–1895 Matthew Unangst · Central European History	Sep 2017	80
24	Konjunkturen der Rassismustheorie in Deutschland Manuela Bojadžijev Conference paper	14 May 2018	78
25	‘Playing soldiers’: the truppenspieler movement among the herero of Namibia, 1915 to ca. 1945 W. Werner · Journal of Southern African Studies	Sep 1990	77
26	Turkish Girls, Allah's Daughters, and the Contemporary German Subject: Itinerary of a Figure1 Yasemin Yıldız · German Life and Letters	27 Aug 2009	77
27	Historische Komparatistik und Kulturtransferforschung. Vom bilateralen Beispiel zu Beiträgen für eine globale Geschichte1 Matthias Middell · Eurostudia	4 Mar 2009	74
28	Switzerland and ‘Colonialism without Colonies’ Patricia Purtschert, Francesca Falk, Barbara Lüthi · Interventions	16 Jun 2015	73
29	The social evil in the Cape colony 1868–1902: prostitution and the contagious diseases acts E. B. VAN HEYNINGEN · Journal of Southern African Studies	Apr 1984	72
30	Koloniale, nationalsozialistische und aktuelle rassistische Kontinuitäten in Gesetzgebung und der Polizei am Beispiel von Schwarzen Deutschen, Roma und Sinti Claus Melter Book chapter	12 Jul 2016	71
31	Interview mit Julia Franck Simone Costagli, Julia Gruber · Modern Languages Open Open access	5 Dec 2017	67
32	Image Matters: Archive, Photography, and the African Diaspora in Europe Eve Rosenhaft · German History	29 Oct 2013	67
33	Herero Heroes: A Socio-Political History of the Herero of Namibia, 1890-1923 Heike Becker, Jan‐Bart Gewald · Africa	2001	66
34	Facing a Fragmented Past: Memory, Culture and Politics in Namibia* Reinhart Kößler · Journal of Southern African Studies	24 May 2007	65
35	Interkulturalität neu denken: Strukturprozessuale Perspektiven Jürgen Bolten · J.B. Metzler eBooks Book chapter	2020	64
36	Nas margens: os estudos culturais e o assalto às fronteiras académicas e disciplinares Manuela Ribeiro Sanches · Etnografica Open access	1999	63
37	Phytopoetics Joela Jacobs · Catalyst Feminism Theory Technoscience Open access	9 Dec 2019	62
38	The Devil's Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa Andrew Zimmerman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	Nov 2008	62
39	Imaginierte Zukunft: Fiktionale Erwartungen und die Dynamik des Kapitalismus Jens Beckert	2018	61
40	Germany and its immigrants: An ambivalent relationship Ruud Koopmans · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies	Oct 1999	61
41	Queer Theory: identitäts- und machtkritische Perspektiven auf Sexualität und Geschlecht Mike Laufenberg · Geschlecht & Gesellschaft Book chapter	2019	59
42	THE MUSLIM MAKERS Christoph Ramm · Interventions	Jul 2010	59
43	Conchita Wurst oder: Warum ich (manchmal) ein(e) Andere(r) ist Reiner Keller, Saša Bosančić Book chapter	2017	58
44	The Poetic Turn in Postmodern Anthropology: The Poetry of Paul Friedrich Stephen A. Tyler · American Anthropologist	Jun 1984	57
45	Zeit und Raum im Leben der Sammelbiene Ruth Beutler · Die Naturwissenschaften	1950	57
46	The Aftermath of Decolonization: Gender and Sexual Dissidence in Postindependence Namibia Ashley Currier · Signs	21 Nov 2011	56
47	Between Cinema and Social Work: Diasporic Turkish Women and the (Dis)Pleasures of Hybridity Katherine Pratt Ewing · Cultural Anthropology Open access	May 2006	54
48	Race and racial denial in Switzerland Stefanie Claudine Boulila · Ethnic and Racial Studies	29 Jul 2018	53
49	“Welcome culture”: The emergence and transformation of a public debate on migration Florian Trauner, Jocelyn Turton · Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft/ÖZP. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft Open access	31 Mar 2017	53
50	… „es ist ein Teil von mir“ Stefan E. Hößl, Karim Fereidooni Book chapter	6 Nov 2015	53

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