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Distributed objects : meaning and mattering after Alfred Gell /

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 arti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chua, Liana (Editor ), Elliott, Mark (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1299777392
9781299777392
9780857457431
0857457438
0857457446
9780857457448