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==Works==
 
==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).
 
* ''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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* "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", ''Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford'' 19:1, 1988, pp 43-48.
  
 
* ''[[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.
 
* [[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}}
  
 
* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.
 
* ''Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.

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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).
  • "Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumerism", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 19:1, 1988, pp 43-48.
  • Wrapping in Images: Tattooing in Polynesia, Oxford: Clarendon, 1993, xi+347 pp.

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