The Art of Anthropology; Essays and Diagrams
, by Alfred Gell and Edited by Eric HirschNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780485195675 | 0485195674
- Cover: Trade Book
- Copyright: 2/1/1999
This work collects together the most influential of Gell's writings with a new introductory chapter written by Gell. The essays vividly demonstrate Gell's theoretical and empirical interests and his distinctive contribution to several key areas of current anthropological enquiry. A central theme of the essays is Gel's highly original exploration of diagrammatic imagery as the site where social relations and cognitive processes converge and crystallise. Gell tracks this imagery across studies of tribal market transactions, dance forms, the iconicity of language and his most recent and groundbreaking analyses of artworks.