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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).
  
 
* ''[[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.
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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.
 
* [[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.
  
* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.
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* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.
  
 
* [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.
 
* [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://journals.openedition.org/terrain/3344 "Amour, connaissance et dissimulation"], trans. Catherine Rouslin, ''Terrain'' 27: "L'amour", Paris, 1996, pp 5-14. {{fr}}
  
 
* [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].
 
* [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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** ''[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}}
  
 
* [[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].
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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}}
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==

Revision as of 12:52, 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).
  • Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia, Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.

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