Sorry cites
The (necro) politics of citation in the anthropology of religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3942896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Pérez (0000-0003-3069-7462, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-206 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00084298231224811 |
| OpenAlex | W4391948510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 43 |
In this article, I analyze the under-citation of Black and/or Latine scholars-especially those located disciplinarily within religious studies-in the anthropology of religion. I draw from my own experience as an editorial assistant at History of Religions, manuscript reviewer, and Latine ethnographer of religion to speculate on the reasons why researchers might refuse to cite them, preferring either to neglect their contributions or to "plagnore" them, to borrow a term coined by legal scholar, law professor, and activist Lolita Buckner Inniss. I then expand on Chicana and Boricua feminist and race scholar Nichole Margarita Garcia's theorization of under-citation as "spirit-murdering." I invoke philosopher and political scientist Achille Mbembe's formulation of necropolitics to make the case that citation is a matter of life and death for Black and Latine women scholars in particular. In the absence of institutional accountability for editors and authors, I conclude with recommendations for the diversification of our scholarship and syllabi
Citation · Garcia · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Syllabus · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
Righteous discontent
Electric Santería
Sounds
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
Scrutinized but not recognized
Literature reviews as independent studies
Borderlands/La Frontera
Venceremos
Sex and the Empire That Is No More
The things we believe
Cite Black Women
Citation
Autohistoria-teoría
Toward an Inventory of Influence
Women of Color Faculty and the “Burden” of Diversity
Face of the Gods
Play Aunties and Dyke Bitches
The Grammar of Racism
Dear Science and Other Stories
The Pretendian Problem
Religion in the Kitchen
Pedagogies of Crossing
On misogynoir
Living a Feminist Life
The Matthew Effect in Science, II
Retracing the Path
The Cooking of History
Citation as Ceremony
Necropolitics
Re-Imagining Reproduction
On the Shoulders of Giants Or the Back of a Mule
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |