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* ''Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries: Umeda Society, Language and Ritual'', London: Athlone, 1975, x+366 pp. Based on dissertation submitted to the London School of Economics and Political Science (1973). | * ''Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries: Umeda Society, Language and Ritual'', London: Athlone, 1975, x+366 pp. Based on dissertation submitted to the London School of Economics and Political Science (1973). | ||
− | * "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", ''Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford'' 19:1, 1988, pp 43- | + | * "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", ''Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford'' 19:1, 1988, pp 43-47. |
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+ | * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033230 "Technology and Magic"], ''Anthropology Today'' 4:2, Apr 1988, pp 6-9. | ||
* [[Media:Gell_Alfred 1992 The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology.pdf|"The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology"]], in ''Anthropology, Art and Aesthetics'', eds. Jeremy Coote and A. Shelton, Oxford: Clarendon, 1992, pp 40-63; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=178 repr. as ch 5 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 159-187. | * [[Media:Gell_Alfred 1992 The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology.pdf|"The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology"]], in ''Anthropology, Art and Aesthetics'', eds. Jeremy Coote and A. Shelton, Oxford: Clarendon, 1992, pp 40-63; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=178 repr. as ch 5 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 159-187. | ||
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** ''[https://1lib.eu/book/2730173/6f4459 A antropologia do tempo: construções culturais de mapas e imagens temporais]'', trans. Vera Joscelyne, Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 2014, 327 pp. {{br-pt}} | ** ''[https://1lib.eu/book/2730173/6f4459 A antropologia do tempo: construções culturais de mapas e imagens temporais]'', trans. Vera Joscelyne, Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 2014, 327 pp. {{br-pt}} | ||
− | * [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1017/CBO9780511607677.006 "Inter-tribal Commodity Barter and Reproductive Gift-Exchange in Old Melanesia"], in ''Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach'', eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp 142-168. | + | * [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1017/CBO9780511607677.006 "Inter-tribal Commodity Barter and Reproductive Gift-Exchange in Old Melanesia"], in ''Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach'', eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp 142-168; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=95 repr. as ch 2 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 76-106. |
** "Trueque inter-tribal de mercancias e intercambio reproductivo de regalos en la antigua Melanesia", in ''Trueque, intercambio y valor: aproximaciones antropológicas'', eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Quito: Abya-Yala, 1998. {{es}} | ** "Trueque inter-tribal de mercancias e intercambio reproductivo de regalos en la antigua Melanesia", in ''Trueque, intercambio y valor: aproximaciones antropológicas'', eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Quito: Abya-Yala, 1998. {{es}} | ||
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+ | * "Under the Sign of the Cassowary", in ''Shooting the Sun: Ritual and Meaning in the West Sepik'', ed. B. Juillerat, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. | ||
* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp. | * ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp. | ||
− | * " | + | * "The Language of the Forest: Landscape and Phonological Iconism in Umeda", in ''The Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and Space'', eds. E. Hirsch and M. O'Hanlon, Oxford: Clarendon, 1995, pp 232-254; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=251 repr. as ch 8 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 232-258. |
− | * " | + | * "On Coote's ''Marvels of Everyday Visions''", ''Social Analysis'' 38, 1995, pp 18-31; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=234 repr. as ch 7 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 215-231. |
− | * [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/135918359600100102 "Vogel's Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps"], ''Journal of Material Culture'' 1:1, Mar 1996, pp 15-38. | + | * "Closure and Multiplication: an Essay on Polynesian Cosmology and Ritual", in ''Cosmos and Society in Oceania'', eds. Daniel de Coppet and André Iteanu, Oxford: Berg, 1995, pp 21-56. |
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+ | * [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/135918359600100102 "Vogel's Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps"], ''Journal of Material Culture'' 1:1, Mar 1996, pp 15-38; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=206 repr. as ch 6 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 187-214. | ||
* [https://journals.openedition.org/terrain/3344 "Amour, connaissance et dissimulation"], trans. Catherine Rouslin, ''Terrain'' 27: "L'amour", Paris, Sep 1996, pp 5-14. {{fr}} | * [https://journals.openedition.org/terrain/3344 "Amour, connaissance et dissimulation"], trans. Catherine Rouslin, ''Terrain'' 27: "L'amour", Paris, Sep 1996, pp 5-14. {{fr}} | ||
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** ''[https://1lib.eu/book/5216504/c2ec19 Arte y agencia: una teoría antropológica]'', trans. Ramsés Cabrera, Buenos Aires: SB, 2016, 331 pp. Review: [http://caiana.caia.org.ar/template/caiana.php?pag=books/book.php&obj=238&vol=8 Costa] (Caiana). {{es}} | ** ''[https://1lib.eu/book/5216504/c2ec19 Arte y agencia: una teoría antropológica]'', trans. Ramsés Cabrera, Buenos Aires: SB, 2016, 331 pp. Review: [http://caiana.caia.org.ar/template/caiana.php?pag=books/book.php&obj=238&vol=8 Costa] (Caiana). {{es}} | ||
** ''Arte e agência'', trans. Jamille Pinheiro Dias, São Paulo: Ubu, 2018, 400 pp. [https://www.ubueditora.com.br/arte-agencia.html] {{br-pt}} | ** ''Arte e agência'', trans. Jamille Pinheiro Dias, São Paulo: Ubu, 2018, 400 pp. [https://www.ubueditora.com.br/arte-agencia.html] {{br-pt}} | ||
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+ | * [https://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/3034761 "Exalting the King and Obstructing the State: A Political Interpretation of Royal Ritual in Bastar District, Central India"], ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'' 3:3, Sep 1997, pp 433-450; [https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf#page=278 repr. as ch 9 in] Gell, ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', 1999, pp 259-282. | ||
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+ | * "Time and Social Anthropology", in ''Time, Language and Cognition'', ed. Y. Nagano, Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998. | ||
* [[Media:Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf|''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'']], ed. Eric Hirsch, London: Athlone, 1999, ix+294 pp, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=F3D404A34ADF2A5284C110668838CAD5 PDF]. | * [[Media:Gell_Alfred_The_Art_of_Anthropology_Essays_and_Diagrams_1999.pdf|''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'']], ed. Eric Hirsch, London: Athlone, 1999, ix+294 pp, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=F3D404A34ADF2A5284C110668838CAD5 PDF]. |
Revision as of 13:39, 5 June 2020
Alfred (Antony Francis) Gell (12 June 1945 – 28 January 1997) was a British social anthropologist whose most influential work concerned art, language, symbolism and ritual.
Works
- Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries: Umeda Society, Language and Ritual, London: Athlone, 1975, x+366 pp. Based on dissertation submitted to the London School of Economics and Political Science (1973).
- "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 19:1, 1988, pp 43-47.
- "Technology and Magic", Anthropology Today 4:2, Apr 1988, pp 6-9.
- "The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology", in Anthropology, Art and Aesthetics, eds. Jeremy Coote and A. Shelton, Oxford: Clarendon, 1992, pp 40-63; repr. as ch 5 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 159-187.
- "La tecnologia dell'incanto e l'incanto della tecnologia", in Antropologia, estetica e arte: antologia di scritti, ed. Alberto Caoci, Milan: Angeli, 2008. (Italian)
- "La technologie de l'enchantement et l'enchantement de la technologie", trans. Yves Citton, in Technologies de l'enchantement: pour une histoire multidisciplinaire de l'illusion, eds. Angela Braito and Yves Citton, Grenoble: Ellug, 2014, pp 35-68. [1] [2] (French)
- The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images, Oxford: Berg, 1992, ix+341 pp.
- Antropologija časa: kulturne konstrukcije časovnih zemljevidov in podob, trans. Tomo Virk, afterw. Karmen Šterk, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2000, 343 pp. Review: Verdir. (Slovenian)
- A antropologia do tempo: construções culturais de mapas e imagens temporais, trans. Vera Joscelyne, Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 2014, 327 pp. (Brazilian Portuguese)
- "Inter-tribal Commodity Barter and Reproductive Gift-Exchange in Old Melanesia", in Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach, eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp 142-168; repr. as ch 2 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 76-106.
- "Trueque inter-tribal de mercancias e intercambio reproductivo de regalos en la antigua Melanesia", in Trueque, intercambio y valor: aproximaciones antropológicas, eds. Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones, Quito: Abya-Yala, 1998. (Spanish)
- "Under the Sign of the Cassowary", in Shooting the Sun: Ritual and Meaning in the West Sepik, ed. B. Juillerat, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.
- Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia, Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.
- "The Language of the Forest: Landscape and Phonological Iconism in Umeda", in The Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and Space, eds. E. Hirsch and M. O'Hanlon, Oxford: Clarendon, 1995, pp 232-254; repr. as ch 8 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 232-258.
- "On Coote's Marvels of Everyday Visions", Social Analysis 38, 1995, pp 18-31; repr. as ch 7 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 215-231.
- "Closure and Multiplication: an Essay on Polynesian Cosmology and Ritual", in Cosmos and Society in Oceania, eds. Daniel de Coppet and André Iteanu, Oxford: Berg, 1995, pp 21-56.
- "Vogel's Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps", Journal of Material Culture 1:1, Mar 1996, pp 15-38; repr. as ch 6 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 187-214.
- "Amour, connaissance et dissimulation", trans. Catherine Rouslin, Terrain 27: "L'amour", Paris, Sep 1996, pp 5-14. (French)
- Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, PDF.
- Umetnost in delovanje: antropološka teorija, trans. Katarina Žakelj and Tomo Virk, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2006, 343 pp. (Slovenian)
- L'Art et ses agents: une théorie anthropologique, eds. Alexandre Laumonier and Stéphanie Dubois, intro. Maurice Bloch, trans. Olivier Renaut and Sophie Renaut, Dijon: Les presses du réel, 2009, 356 pp. [3] (French)
- Arte y agencia: una teoría antropológica, trans. Ramsés Cabrera, Buenos Aires: SB, 2016, 331 pp. Review: Costa (Caiana). (Spanish)
- Arte e agência, trans. Jamille Pinheiro Dias, São Paulo: Ubu, 2018, 400 pp. [4] (Brazilian Portuguese)
- "Exalting the King and Obstructing the State: A Political Interpretation of Royal Ritual in Bastar District, Central India", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 3:3, Sep 1997, pp 433-450; repr. as ch 9 in Gell, The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, 1999, pp 259-282.
- "Time and Social Anthropology", in Time, Language and Cognition, ed. Y. Nagano, Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998.
- The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, ed. Eric Hirsch, London: Athlone, 1999, ix+294 pp, PDF.
- "Parfum, symbolisme et enchantement", trans. Christine Langlois and Gérard Lenclud, Terrain 47: "Odeurs", Paris, Sep 2006, pp 19-34. (French)
Literature
- Eric Hirsch, "Alfred Gell (1945-1997)", American Anthropologist 101:1, Mar 1999, pp 152-155. Obituary.
- Christopher Pinney, Nicholas Thomas (eds.), Beyond Aesthetics: Art and the Technologies of Enchantment, Oxford: Berg, 2001.
- Matthew Rampley, "Art History and Cultural Difference: Alfred Gell's Anthropology of Art", Art History 28:4, Sep 2005, pp 524-551.
- Robin Osborne, Jeremy Tanner (eds.), Art's Agency and Art History, Blackwell, 2007, 241 pp.
- Liana Chua , Mark Elliott (eds.), Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after Alfred Gell, New York: Berghahn, 2013, x+220 pp. Review: Layton (Anthr Forum).
- Anna Kawalec, Osoba i Nexus: Alfreda Gella antropologiczna teoria sztuki, Lublin: KUL, 2016. (Polish)