{"product_id":"distributed-objects-meaning-and-mattering-after-alfred-gell-9781782389132","title":"Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tOne of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell’s \u003cem\u003eArt and Agency \u003c\/em\u003eis a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It has become a touchstone in contemporary artifact-based scholarship. This volume brings together leading anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians and other scholars into an interdisciplinary dialogue with \u003cem\u003eArt and Agency\u003c\/em\u003e, generating a timely re-engagement with the themes, issues and arguments at the heart of Gell’s work, which remains salient, and controversial, in the social sciences and humanities. Extending his theory into new territory – from music to literary technology and ontology to technological change – the contributors do not simply take stock, but also provoke, critically reassessing this important work while using it to challenge conceptual and disciplinary boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003eprofound scholarly reflections on the distributed effects of Alfred Gell’s endeavor to identify an anthropological theory of …a captivating pendant piece to Gell’s original publication. Itis not meant as a guidebook to understanding Gell’s work; rather it is a collection of complex studies that capture distinct engagements with Gell’s ideas around an anthropology of art\u003c\/em\u003e.“\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Material World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Chua and Elliott have pulled together an excellent volume to address a real problem in the interdisciplinary discussions of art… While I think the volume is most useful for those teaching arts-oriented disciplines, it is also a valuable volume for those thinking through curatorial choices in regard to ethnographic and art objects.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Museum Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adventures in the Art Nexus\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLiana Chua and Mark Elliott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Threads of Thought: Reflections on \u003cem\u003eArt and Agency\u003cbr\u003e \tSusanne Küchler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Technologies of Routine and Enchantment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChris Gosden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Figuring out Death: Sculpture and Agency at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and the Tomb of the First Emperor of China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeremy Tanner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Network of Standard Stoppages\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlfred Gell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gell’s Duchamp\/Duchamp’s Gell\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSimon Dell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Music: Ontology, Agency, Creativity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGeorgina Born\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Art and Agency? Gell and the Magic of the Early Modern Book\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWarren Boutcher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Art, Performance and Time¹s Presence: Reflections on Temporality in Art and Agency\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEric Hirsch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas Thomas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042225389911,"sku":"9781782389132","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782389132.jpg?v=1750953521","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/distributed-objects-meaning-and-mattering-after-alfred-gell-9781782389132","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}