Topic · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

Most cited papers in South Asian Studies and Diaspora

South Asian Studies and Diaspora

What are the most cited papers in South Asian Studies and Diaspora?

The most cited paper in South Asian Studies and Diaspora is "Hermeneutic phenomenological research method simplified" (Narayan Prasad Kafle, 2013), with 494 citations. Next come "Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature" (374) and "Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India" (327).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 66 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Hermeneutic phenomenological research method simplified Narayan Prasad Kafle · Bodhi An Interdisciplinary Journal Open access	6 May 2013	494
2	Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature Nicholas Sambanis · World Politics Open access	Jul 2000	374
3	Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India Paramjit S. Judge, Gyanendra Krishna Pandey · Social Scientist	2004	327
4	Recovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism and Empire C. A. Bayly	10 Nov 2011	319
5	The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition W. H. McLeod · Pacific Affairs	Dec 1994	292
6	Democracy and economic transformation in India Niraja Gopal Jayal Book chapter	9 Mar 2011	260
7	HEGEMONIC ASPIRATIONS Leela Fernandes, Patrick R. P. Heller · Critical Asian Studies	Dec 2006	259
8	Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India John Echeverri‐Gent · Political Science Quarterly	2005	259
9	Caste and Kinship in Kangra Gerald D. Berreman · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1980	254
10	UNHAPPY HUSBANDS: MASCULINITY AND MIGRATION IN TRANSNATIONAL PAKISTANI MARRIAGES Katharine Charsley · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Open access	16 Feb 2005	253
11	When All Else Fails: Ethnic Population Transfers and Partitions in the Twentieth Century Chaim D. Kaufmann · International Security	Oct 1998	248
12	Making Merit: The Indian Institutes of Technology and the Social Life of Caste Ajantha Subramanian · Comparative Studies in Society and History	20 Mar 2015	241
13	Information Technology Professionals and the New-Rich Middle Class in Chennai (Madras) Christopher J. Fuller, Haripriya Narasimhan · Modern Asian Studies Open access	11 Dec 2006	237
14	Caste discrimination in the Indian urban labour market Biswajit Banerjee, John B. Knight · Journal of Development Economics	Apr 1985	228
15	The Nation's Tortured Body: Violence, Representation, and the Formation of the Sikh “Diaspora” Roger D. Long · History Reviews of New Books	2001	209
16	Gandhi's Politics: Liberalism and the Question of the Ashram Ajay Skaria · South Atlantic Quarterly	Oct 2002	181
17	“You’re calling me a racist?” The Moral and Emotional Regulation of Antiracism and Feminism Sarita Srivastava · Signs	Sep 2005	178
18	Frogs in A Well. Indian Women in Purdah Sylvia Hale · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1980	169
19	Can a Muslim Be an Indian? Gyanendra Krishna Pandey · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Oct 1999	166
20	Beyond Bollywood : the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film Jigna Desai · Thammasat University Digital Collections	2004	156
21	The Modernity of Caste and the Market Economy David Mosse · Modern Asian Studies Open access	30 Oct 2019	155
22	The Racialization of Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism in the United States Khyati Y. Joshi · Equity & Excellence in Education	24 Jul 2006	146
23	Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good Filippo Osella, Caroline Osella · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Open access	9 Apr 2009	143
24	The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India Christopher John Baker · Pacific Affairs	Sep 1977	143
25	The Invention of the ‘Jummas’: State Formation and Ethnicity in Southeastern Bangladesh Willem van Schendel · Modern Asian Studies	Feb 1992	140
26	Caste in Contemporary India: Flexibility and Persistence Divya Vaid · Annual Review of Sociology Review	30 Jul 2014	135
27	Social, Economic and Demographic Consequences of Migration on Kerala K. C. Zachariah, Emil Mathew, Sebastian Irudaya Rajan · International Migration	Jun 2001	132
28	Degrees without Freedom: The Impact of Formal Education on Dalit Young Men in North India Craig Jeffrey, Roger Jeffery, Patricia M. Jeffery · Development and Change	Nov 2004	131
29	The School Performance of Immigrant Minorities: A Comparative View Margaret Alison Gibson · Anthropology & Education Quarterly	Dec 1987	131
30	Literature, Partition and the Nation-State: Culture and Conflict in Ireland, Israel and Palestine Joseph Cleary	24 Dec 2001	131
31	The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Poisonous Knowledge, and Subjectivity Veena Das Book chapter	31 Dec 2001	130
32	Hindutva as a variant of right-wing extremism Eviane Cheng Leidig · Patterns of Prejudice Open access	26 May 2020	126
33	Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in contemporary India Surinder S. Jodhka · Current Sociology Open access	4 Dec 2015	126
34	Chronology, time, tense and experientiality in narrative Monika Fludernik · Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics	28 Apr 2003	126
35	Wole Soyinka: Politics, Poetics, and Postcolonialism Stephanie Newell, Biodun Jeyifo · Africa	2004	126
36	Masks and faces: an essay on Punjabi kinship Veena Das · Contributions to Indian Sociology	1976	125
37	The Brotherhood in Saffron: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Revivalism Stella Sandahl · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1988	123
38	Reviewing Geographies of Memory/Forgetting Stephen J Legg · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space	Feb 2007	122
39	Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial. Edited and introduced by Vinayak Chaturvedi. London and New York: Verso, 2000. xix, 364 pp. $20.00 (paper). Michael H. Fisher · The Journal of Asian Studies	May 2001	121
40	The Context of Diaspora Brian Keith Axel · Cultural Anthropology Open access	Feb 2004	119
41	Nationalizing Space: Cosmetic Federalism and the Politics of Development in Northeast India Sanjib Baruah · Development and Change	Nov 2003	115
42	Between the Lines: South Asians and Postcoloniality Irma Maini, Deepika Bahri, Mary Vasudeva · MELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States	1999	115
43	Sikh separatism: the politics of faith T. G. Fraser · International Affairs	1987	111
44	Religious Leadership and the Pakistan Movement in the Punjab David J. Gilmartin · Modern Asian Studies	Jul 1979	110
45	Sacred Symbol and Sacred Space in Rural India: Community Mobilization in the “Anti-Cow Killing” Riot of 1893 Anand A. Yang · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Oct 1980	108
46	Dialect Differences and Social Stratification in a North Indian Village1 John J. Gumperz · American Anthropologist	Aug 1958	106
47	MIDDLE-CLASS ACTIVISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE INFORMAL WORKING CLASS John Harriss · Critical Asian Studies	Dec 2006	106
48	The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967 Joya Chatterji	15 Nov 2007	106
49	‘I Am Not a Refugee’: Rethinking Partition Migration Md. Mahbubar Rahman, Willem van Schendel · Modern Asian Studies Open access	25 Jun 2003	104
50	Learning the use of symbolic means Nicolas Jaoul · Contributions to Indian Sociology	Jun 2006	103

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