Landry Timothy (101 results)

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover brown boards with black titling on the spine. Includes b/w photographs, Notes and Index, 201 pages. The exception to the condition is ink underlining on page 21. The DJ is in Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the original first edition and first printing with number 1 in the line that does not match the stock image offered at ABE. It is not the children's edition or a later printing of the first edition. Largest format issue with beautiful full-color large plates. Measuring: 14 3/4 inches wide by 13 1/4 inches tall. Very good plus to near fine showing some light edge-fading to very edges of book and no dust jacket. No markings and fine inside. This price include the extra cost of safe shipping via USPS media mail.…

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of BÉnin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the VodÚn religion-the Python Temple, where DangbÉ, the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the VodÚn deity known as LokÒ. However, other, less familiar places, such as the palace of the so-called supreme chief of VodÚn in BÉnin, are also rising in popularity as tourists become increasingly adventurous and as more VodÚn priests and temples make themselves available to foreigners in the hopes of earning extra money. Timothy R. Landry examines the connections between local VodÚn priests and spiritual seekers who travel to BÉnin-some for the snapshot, others for full-fledged initiation into the religion. He argues that the ways in which the VodÚn priests and tourists negotiate the transfer of confidential, sacred knowledge create its value. The more secrecy that surrounds VodÚn ritual practice and material culture, the more authentic, coveted, and, consequently, expensive that knowledge becomes. Landry writes as anthropologist and initiate, having participated in hundreds of VodÚn ceremonies, rituals, and festivals. Examining the role of money, the incarnation of deities, the limits of adaptation for the transnational community, and the belief in spirits, sorcery, and witchcraft, VodÚn ponders the ethical implications of producing and consuming culture by local and international agents. Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to VodÚn's global expansion.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book in fine condition; slight rubbing to cloth bottom corner of spine; faint toning to edges of clean interior pages; binding sound. Dust jacket in fair condition; chip with creasing lower outside corner front cover; 1-in. and 1 3/8-in. tear top of spine along edges with front and back cover, with creasing; points of moderate rubbing along edges of jacket; light to moderate scuffing; not price clipped. 182 pages. Indigo blue cloth boards with silver stamped lettering on spine. 13 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. Timothy Ferris, photographs; Sarah Landry, illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1982. Reprint. Black hardcover, nearly square, 10 inches tall X 10 inches wide, 192 pages including bibliography, glossary, and index, profusely illustrated (a few in color), no dust jacket. This copy in very good condition. Clean, unmarked text. No stains or tears. Firm binding, no loose pages. Book is very slightly warped, hardly noticeable. Does not look worn, just lightly used. Signed Timothy Ferris '96 on the page before the title page. More info on request. Sarah Landry (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodún, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization. Spirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems-ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being-alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and examinations of gender and materiality. Offering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of BÉnin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the VodÚn religion-the Python Temple, where DangbÉ, the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the VodÚn deity known as LokÒ. However, other, less familiar places, such as the palace of the so-called supreme chief of VodÚn in BÉnin, are also rising in popularity as tourists become increasingly adventurous and as more VodÚn priests and temples make themselves available to foreigners in the hopes of earning extra money. Timothy R. Landry examines the connections between local VodÚn priests and spiritual seekers who travel to BÉnin-some for the snapshot, others for full-fledged initiation into the religion. He argues that the ways in which the VodÚn priests and tourists negotiate the transfer of confidential, sacred knowledge create its value. The more secrecy that surrounds VodÚn ritual practice and material culture, the more authentic, coveted, and, consequently, expensive that knowledge becomes. Landry writes as anthropologist and initiate, having participated in hundreds of VodÚn ceremonies, rituals, and festivals. Examining the role of money, the incarnation of deities, the limits of adaptation for the transnational community, and the belief in spirits, sorcery, and witchcraft, VodÚn ponders the ethical implications of producing and consuming culture by local and international agents. Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to VodÚn's global expansion.…

Condition: New. In English.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Spirit Service: Vod�n and Vodou in the African Atlantic World. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodun, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization. Spirit Service: Vodun and Vodou in the African Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems-ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being-alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and examinations of gender and materiality. Offering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: New.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine In Near Fine Dj. Inscribed To Industrialist-Inventor-Philanthropist Arnold O. Beckman By John Mclaughlin And Dated December 1981. Beckman Was Founder Of Beckman Instruments, Founding President Of The Lincoln Club, Served In The Nixon Administration, A Very Prominent Philanthropist, Etc.…

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