Distributed objects [[electronic resource] ] : meaning and mattering after Alfred Gell / / edited by Liana Chua and Mark Elliott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453077903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Berghahn, 2013
• ISBN: 0-85745-743-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChuaLiana; ElliottMark
• Disciplina: 701/.03
• Soggetti: Art and anthropology; Art and society; Creative ability; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION ADVENTURES IN THE ART NEXUS; CHAPTER 1 THREADS OF THOUGHT; CHAPTER 2 TECHNOLOGIES OF ROUTINE AND OF ENCHANTMENT; CHAPTER 3 FIGURING OUT DEATH; CHAPTER 4 THE NETWORK OF STANDARD STOPPAGES (C.1985); CHAPTER 5 GELL'S DUCHAMP/DUCHAMP'S GELL; CHAPTER 6 MUSIC; CHAPTER 7 LITERARY ART AND AGENCY?; CHAPTER 8 ART, PERFORMANCE AND TIME'S PRESENCE; CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency is 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 Art and Agency, generating a timely re-engagement with the themes, issues and arguments at the heart of Gell's work, which remains salien