Beyond Aesthetics: Art and the Technologies of Enchantment

Book Overview

The anthropology of art is currently at a crossroads. Although well versed in the meaning of art in small-scale tribal societies, anthropologists are still wrestling with the question of how to interpret art in a complex, post-colonial environment. Alfred Gell recently confronted this problem in his posthumous book Art and Agency.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859734642
• ISBN13: 9781859734643
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"