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ISBN: 9780854968909 - The Anthropology of Time The Anthropology of Time
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0854968903  ISBN13: 9780854968909
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Berg Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jul 1996
An examination of the phenomenon of time and to what extent our awareness of it is culturally conditioned. The writer provides a detailed analysis of theories put forward by such thinkers as Durkheim, Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Piaget... More

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ISBN: 9780198280149 - Art and Agency Art and Agency
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0198280149  ISBN13: 9780198280149
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 Jul 1998
In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. As a theory of the nexus of social relations involving works of art... More

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ISBN: 9781845204846 - The Art of Anthropology The Art of Anthropology
Alfred Gell Hirsch, Eric

ISBN10: 1845204840  ISBN13: 9781845204846
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Berg Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1999
This work collects together the most influential of Gell's writings with a new introductory chapter written by Gell. The essays vividly demonstrate Gell's theoretical and empirical interests and his distinctive contribution to several key areas of... More

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ISBN: 9780198280903 - Wrapping in Images Wrapping in Images
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0198280904  ISBN13: 9780198280903
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Mar 1996
In traditional Polynesian societies, tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person. This study is the first to provide a comparative analysis of tattooing in its original setting, based on a comprehensive survey of... More

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ISBN: 9780198280132 - Art and Agency Art and Agency
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0198280130  ISBN13: 9780198280132
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 Jul 1998
Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory... More

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ISBN: 9781845207052 - Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 184520705X  ISBN13: 9781845207052
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Berg Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1975

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ISBN: 9780485195514 - Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0485195518  ISBN13: 9780485195514
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd The Athlone Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1975

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ISBN: 9780485195675 - The Art of Anthropology The Art of Anthropology
Alfred Gell Hirsch, Eric

ISBN10: 0485195674  ISBN13: 9780485195675
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd The Athlone Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1999
The Art of Anthropology collects together the most influential of Alfred Gell's writing, which span the past two decades, with a new introductory chapter written by Gell. The essays vividly demonstrate Gell's theoretical and empirical interests... More

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ISBN: 9780485196603 - The Art of Anthropology The Art of Anthropology
Alfred Gell Hirsch, Eric

ISBN10: 0485196603  ISBN13: 9780485196603
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd The Athlone Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1999
The Art of Anthropology collects together the most influential of Alfred Gell's writing, which span the past two decades, with a new introductory chapter written by Gell. The essays vividly demonstrate Gell's theoretical and empirical interests... More

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ISBN: 9780198278696 - Wrapping in Images Wrapping in Images
Alfred Gell

ISBN10: 0198278691  ISBN13: 9780198278696
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1993
In traditional Polynesian societies, tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person. This study is the first to provide a comparative analysis of tattooing in its original setting, based on a comprehensive survey of the... More