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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The Southern Dissenting Clergy and the American Revolution
No full textThe purpose of this study was to determine the importance of the southern dissenting clergy in the American Revolution. Rapidly growing in numbers in the quarter century before the Revolution, these men began to take places of leadership in which they could actively influence their communities. Even though their sermons were important sources of whig ideology, the clergy had a natural tendency to steer away from political involvement. This reluctance, along with their location outside the political and religious establishment in the South, forced them into a position of moderation rather than militant leadership regarding the issues leading to the Revolution. Yet in their own way they contributed to the creation and development of patriot spirit. Their activities in the Carolina backcountry, for example, weakened the loyalists, and their support of and modest participation in the extralegal agencies of government everywhere in the South demonstrated their whig thought. Religious issues that aroused the dissenting clergy of the North did not have the same effect in the South. Though of minor concern, the episcopate controversy and the passage of the Quebec Act did not cause enough excitement among the southern dissenters to be classified as causes of the Revolution. The major issue that the dissenting clergy came to support was the struggle for disestablishment of the Anglican church. Undergirded by the efforts of such libertarians as Jefferson, Madison, and Mason, the Baptists and Presbyterian ministers provided the enthusiasm to bring disestablishment to a successful conclusion. By far the best indication of the course of action taken by the dissenting clergy was the example they set during the Revolution. Changing from men of moderation to active participants, they served as soldiers, chaplains, and recruiters of troops. Up to two-thirds of them can be definitely classified as whigs, with another one-third as pacifists. Only a very few were loyalists. Their main contribution, however, was the propagation of a political philosophy of resistance to British oppression and their enthusiasm for freedom of conscience in the realm of religion
The political life of Benjamin Watkins Leigh
Get PDFNo attempt bas been made in the following pages to give a biography of Benjamin Watkins Leigh nor to speak of his law career except where it relates to the subject.The aim has been rather to give in some detail the public and political life of Leigh and the part he played in the Virginia and United States governments. The formation of the Whig Party in Virginia and the Jackson Administration were the outstanding events that brought Leigh to the forefront. This constitutes the central position in the following chapters.
Most of the material for this work has been obtained at the Virginia state Library and the Virginia Historical Society
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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