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==Works==
 
==Works==
* ''Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries: Umeda Society, Language and Ritual'', London: Athlone, 1975.
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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).
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* "Magic, Perfume, Dream", in ''Symbols and Sentiments: Cross-cultural Studies in Symbolism'', ed. Ioan Lewis, London: Academic Press, 1977, pp 25-38.
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** [https://journals.openedition.org/terrain/4229 "Parfum, symbolisme et enchantement"], trans. Christine Langlois and Gérard Lenclud, ''Terrain'' 47: "Odeurs", Paris, Sep 2006, pp 19-34. {{fr}}
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* "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.
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* [[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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** "La tecnologia dell'incanto e l'incanto della tecnologia", in ''Antropologia, estetica e arte: antologia di scritti'', ed. Alberto Caoci, Milan: Angeli, 2008. {{it}}
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** [https://books.openedition.org/ugaeditions/603 "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. [https://books.openedition.org/ugaeditions/596] [https://www.uga-editions.com/menu-principal/collections-et-revues/toutes-nos-collections/savoirs-litteraires-et-imaginaires-scientifiques/technologies-de-l-enchantement-234442.kjsp] {{fr}}
  
 
* ''[[Media:Gell_Alfred_The_Anthropology_of_Time Cultural_Constructions_of_Temporal_Maps_and_Images 1992.pdf|The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images]]'', Oxford: Berg, 1992, ix+341 pp.
 
* ''[[Media:Gell_Alfred_The_Anthropology_of_Time Cultural_Constructions_of_Temporal_Maps_and_Images 1992.pdf|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, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2000, 343 pp. Review: [http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dr/dr41Verdir.PDF Verdir]. {{sl}}
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** ''Antropologija časa: kulturne konstrukcije časovnih zemljevidov in podob'', trans. Tomo Virk, afterw. Karmen Šterk, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2000, 343 pp. Review: [http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dr/dr41Verdir.PDF Verdir]. {{sl}}
 
** ''[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}}
  
* [[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://sci-hub.se/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.
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** "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.
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* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.
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* "The Language of the Forest: Landscape and Phonological Iconism in Umeda", in ''The Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and Space'', eds. Eric Hirsch and Michael 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.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23171706 "On Coote's ''Marvels of Everyday Visions''"], ''Social Analysis'' 38, Sep 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.
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* "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.se/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.
  
* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.
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* [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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** [http://aotcpress.com/articles/love/ "On Love"], ''Anthropology of This Century'' 2, London, Oct 2011, [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/39003/1/On_love_(lsero).pdf PDF].  
  
* [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1177/135918359600100102 "Vogel's Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps"], ''Journal of Material Culture'' 1:1, 1996, pp 15-38.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/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.
  
* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=12573 ''Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory''], Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=252fc320fa6ea949824315ee372a7073 PDF].
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=12573 ''Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory''], Oxford: Clarendon Press, Jul 1998, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=252fc320fa6ea949824315ee372a7073 PDF].
 
** ''Umetnost in delovanje: antropološka teorija'', trans. Katarina Žakelj and Tomo Virk, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2006, 343 pp. {{sl}}
 
** ''Umetnost in delovanje: antropološka teorija'', trans. Katarina Žakelj and Tomo Virk, Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2006, 343 pp. {{sl}}
 
** ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b473ff9ff37c591fb985b6 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. [https://www.lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage.php?id=1219] {{fr}}
 
** ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/57b473ff9ff37c591fb985b6 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. [https://www.lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage.php?id=1219] {{fr}}
 
** ''[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}}
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** ''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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* "Time and Social Anthropology", in ''Time, Language and Cognition'', ed. Y. Nagano, Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998; [[Media:Gell Alfred 1998 2000 Time and Social Anthropology.pdf|repr.]] in ''Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought'', ed. Patrick Baert, Elsevier, 2000, pp 251-268.
  
 
* [[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].
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* Eric Hirsch, [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1525/aa.1999.101.1.152 "Alfred Gell (1945-1997)"], ''American Anthropologist'' 101:1, Mar 1999, pp 152-155. Obituary.
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* James F. Weiner, [https://sci-hub.se/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23171715 "Avoiding the Bewitchments of Language: A Personal Tribute to Alfred Gell"], ''Social Analysis'' 41:2, Jul 1997, pp 4-8.
* Liana Chua , Mark Elliott (eds.), ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5abe6a6e9ff37c107e622bda Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after Alfred Gell]'', New York: Berghahn, 2013, 220 pp.  
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* Eric Hirsch, [https://sci-hub.se/10.1525/aa.1999.101.1.152 "Alfred Gell (1945-1997)"], ''American Anthropologist'' 101:1, Mar 1999, pp 152-155. Obituary.
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* Christopher Pinney, Nicholas Thomas (eds.), ''[https://1lib.eu/book/905306/f77e2f Beyond Aesthetics: Art and the Technologies of Enchantment]'', Oxford: Berg, 2001.
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* Alan MacFarlane, [https://www.therai.org.uk/archives-and-manuscripts/obituaries/alfred-gell "Alfred Gell (1945-1997)"], ''Proceedings of the British Academy'' 120, 2003, pp 123-147. Obituary.
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* Matthew Rampley, [https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.1467-8365.2005.00475.x "Art History and Cultural Difference: Alfred Gell's Anthropology of Art"], ''Art History'' 28:4, Sep 2005, pp 524-551.
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* Robin Osborne, Jeremy Tanner (eds.), ''[https://1lib.eu/book/1195425/92cc34 Art's Agency and Art History]'', Blackwell, 2007, 241 pp.
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* Liana Chua , Mark Elliott (eds.), ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5abe6a6e9ff37c107e622bda Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after Alfred Gell]'', New York: Berghahn, 2013, x+220 pp. Review: [https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/00664677.2016.1182103 Layton] (Anthr Forum).
 
* Anna Kawalec, ''[https://www.academia.edu/36909307/ Osoba i Nexus: Alfreda Gella antropologiczna teoria sztuki]'', Lublin: KUL, 2016. {{pl}}
 
* Anna Kawalec, ''[https://www.academia.edu/36909307/ Osoba i Nexus: Alfreda Gella antropologiczna teoria sztuki]'', Lublin: KUL, 2016. {{pl}}
  

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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).
  • "Magic, Perfume, Dream", in Symbols and Sentiments: Cross-cultural Studies in Symbolism, ed. Ioan Lewis, London: Academic Press, 1977, pp 25-38.
  • "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 19:1, 1988, pp 43-47.
  • "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. Eric Hirsch and Michael 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.
  • "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.
  • "Time and Social Anthropology", in Time, Language and Cognition, ed. Y. Nagano, Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998; repr. in Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought, ed. Patrick Baert, Elsevier, 2000, pp 251-268.

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