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Author Gell, Alfred.

Title Art and agency : an anthropological theory / Alfred Gell
Published Oxford : Clarendon, 1998

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 W'PONDS  701.03 Gel/Aaa  DUE 09-05-24
Description xxiii,271 pages : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 25 cm
Contents 1. The Problem Defined: The Need for an Anthropology of Art -- 2. The Theory of the Art Nexus -- 3. The Art Nexus and the Index -- 4. The Involution of the Index in the Art Nexus -- 5. The Origination of the Index -- 6. The Critique of the Index -- 7. The Distributed Person -- 8. Style and Culture -- 9. Conclusion: The Extended Mind
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Art and anthropology.
Art and society.
LC no. 97051845
ISBN 0198280130 cased
0198280149 paperback