Art and Agency : An Anthropological Theory Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:502503 L3 - citeulike-article-id:502503 N2 - { 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<br>substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency.<br><br>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<br>as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation. } SN - 0198280149 TI - Art and Agency : An Anthropological Theory PB - {Oxford University Press, USA} KW - art KW - theory KW - visual_anthropology AU - Gell, Alfred PY - 1998/12/03/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0198280149 ER -