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* ''The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images'', Oxford: Berg, 1992.
 
* ''The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images'', Oxford: Berg, 1992.
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* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.
  
 
* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=12573 ''Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory''], Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
 
* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=12573 ''Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory''], Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
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* ''The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams'', London: Athlone, 1999.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gell
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gell

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Alfred (Antony Francis) Gell (June 12, 1945 – January 28, 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.
  • The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images, Oxford: Berg, 1992.
  • Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia, Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.
  • The Art of Anthropology: Essays and Diagrams, London: Athlone, 1999.

Links