Smithsonian Experience, First Edition (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition! A nearly "as new" copy that is crisp, bright, and tight. No defects or markings, save for the previous owner's small, neat signature on the half-title page. Stated first edition; first printing (full number line present). No spine creasing or rubbing. Study by the noted professors of anthropology and religion at UNC-Chapel Hill. Ships from NC. All paperbacks are sealed in plastic, packed securely with protective cardboard backing, and shipped promptly.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 264 pp. Appears UNread. Jacket edges lightly curled. Interior clean, clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light tan cloth with gold lettering, 9 1/4 X 11 1/8 inches, 255 pages. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photos of objects from all fields of the collection of the Smithsonian. A great introduction of an extensive collection. Indexed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Book is in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A classic study widely used in the classroom, the book examines how ceremonial performance works and the contradictory dynamics of gender and ethnicity in Okiek initiation ceremonies in Kenya. Combining discourse analysis, semiotics, history, political economy, symbolic interpretation, and gender studies, Corinne Kratz examines the power of ritual to produce social transformation and explores how children are made into adults through initiation rites. Taking girls' passage into womanhood as her topic, Kratz considers dramatic structure, costume, song, ritual space, and the discourse, rhetoric, and poetics of ceremonial performance. Based on decades of research with the Okiek of Kenya, Affecting Performance demonstrates how representations of the central themes of initiation--gender relations and cultural identity--probe the tensions and contradictions that characterize relations between women and men, young and old, and the Okiek and their neighbors. Long-term fieldwork and extensive interviews with Okiek women and men of several generations enable Kratz to situate Okiek ceremonies culturally and historically. She provides a rich description of changes in Okiek life and ceremonies from 1900 to 1990. Kratz's sensitive and detailed analysis of ritual language and ritual action provides an important synthesis and critical perspective for understanding ceremonial structure and performance and for interpreting the efficacy of ritual performance both from actors' and observers' viewpoints.

Condition: Very Good. Wash Smithsonian 1977. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in VG dj. dj in plastic 256. Illustrated by yes. 1st edition. 4vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (1977) of The Smithsonian Experience, a lavishly produced photographic and narrative tour of the Smithsonian Institution's collections, history, and mission celebrating two centuries of American scientific, artistic, and cultural achievement. Structured in eight thematic parts (An Instrument of the Government, The Natural World, The Artist's Eye, and others), the volume showcases more than 500 images documenting artifacts, specimens, and exhibits ranging from Wright Brothers aircraft and Stradivarius violins to Native American art and the Apollo program. Condition: Very Good. Light beige cloth shows mild foxing and toning consistent with age; gilt lettering remains bright. Binding tight; interior clean, unmarked, and richly illustrated on coated stock. Edition/Printing Diagnostics: Copyright ©1977 Smithsonian Institution Press; no subsequent printings listed; distributed to the trade by W. W. Norton & Company, New York?confirming first edition status.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Washington: Smithsonian, 1977. First edition. Hard cover binding. Covers the purpose of the Smithsonian, the art of exhibition, a collection of things, the natural world, images of man (stet), the artist's eye, the spangled heavens, and to the world's farthest corners. 256 pp. Many full-color photographs. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1.