| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION ADVENTURES IN THE ART NEXUS; CHAPTER 1 THREADS OF THOUGHT; CHAPTER 2 TECHNOLOGIES OF ROUTINE AND OF ENCHANTMENT; CHAPTER 3 FIGURING OUT DEATH; CHAPTER 4 THE NETWORK OF STANDARD STOPPAGES (C.1985); CHAPTER 5 GELL'S DUCHAMP/DUCHAMP'S GELL; CHAPTER 6 MUSIC; CHAPTER 7 LITERARY ART AND AGENCY?; CHAPTER 8 ART, PERFORMANCE AND TIME'S PRESENCE; CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
| Summary |
One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It has become a touchstone in contemporary artifact-based scholarship. This volume brings together leading anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians and other scholars into an interdisciplinary dialogue with Art and Agency, generating a timely re-engagement with the themes, issues and arguments at the heart of Gell's work, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gell, Alfred
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| SUBJECT |
Gell, Alfred fast |
| Subject |
Art and anthropology.
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Art and society.
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Creative ability.
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creativity.
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ART -- General.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art and anthropology
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Art and society
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Creative ability
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chua, Liana, editor.
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Elliott, Mark, editor
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| ISBN |
1299777392 |
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9781299777392 |
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9780857457431 |
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0857457438 |
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0857457446 |
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9780857457448 |
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