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- catalog abstract "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, this work suggests that in certain contexts, art-objects substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency. Diversely illustrated and based on European, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian sources, Art and Agency was completed just before Gell's death at the age of fifty-one in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigor, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.".
- catalog contributor b10627782.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "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, this work suggests that in certain contexts, art-objects substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency. Diversely illustrated and based on European, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian sources, Art and Agency was completed just before Gell's death at the age of fifty-one in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigor, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliography (p. [259]-264) and index.".
- catalog description "The problem defined: The need for an anthropology of art -- The theory of the art nexus -- The art nexus and the index -- The involution of the index in the art nexus -- The origination of the index -- The critique of the index -- The distributed person -- Style and culture -- Conclusion: The extended mind.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 271 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198280130 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0198280149 (hbk.)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog subject "701/.03 21".
- catalog subject "Art and anthropology.".
- catalog subject "Art and society.".
- catalog subject "N72.A56 G45 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The problem defined: The need for an anthropology of art -- The theory of the art nexus -- The art nexus and the index -- The involution of the index in the art nexus -- The origination of the index -- The critique of the index -- The distributed person -- Style and culture -- Conclusion: The extended mind.".
- catalog title "Art and agency : an anthropological theory / Alfred Gell.".
- catalog type "text".