The Amish and the media

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The Amish and the media

edited by Diana Zimmerman Umble and David L. Weaver-Zercher

(Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies)

Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008

  • : hardcover

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Amish & the media

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This collection is the first scholarly treatment of the relationship between the Amish and the media in contemporary American life. The essays not only focus on the Amish as subjects in mainstream media-news, movies, TV-but also view them as producers and consumers of media themselves. Of all the religious groups in contemporary America, few demonstrate as many reservations toward the media as do the Old Order Amish. Yet these attention-wary citizens have become a media phenomenon, featured in films, novels, magazines, newspapers, and television-from Witness, Amish in the City, and Devil's Playground to the intense news coverage of the 2006 Nickel Mines School shooting. But the Old Order Amish are more than media subjects. Despite their separatist tendencies, they use their own media networks to sustain Amish culture. Chapters in the collection examine the influence of Amish-produced newspapers and books, along with the role of informal spokespeople in Old Order communities. With essays from experts in the fields of film and media studies, poetry, American studies, anthropology, and history, this groundbreaking study shows how the relationship between the Amish and the media provides valuable insights into the perception of minority religion in North American culture.

目次

Introduction: The Amish and the Culture of Mediation Part I: The Old Order Amish as Media Images Chapter 1. Witnessing the Amish: Plain People on Fancy Film Chapter 2. Reel Amish: The Amish in Documentaries Chapter 3. "Why We Fear the Amish": Whiter-than-White Figures in Contemporary American Poetry Chapter 4. Pursuing Paradise: Nonfiction Narratives of Life with the Amish Chapter 5. Heritage versus History: Amish Tourism in Two Ohio Towns Chapter 6. Hollywood Rumspringa: Amish in the City Part II: The Old Order Amish as Media Producers and Consumers Chapter 7. Amish Informants: Mediating Humility and Publicity Chapter 8. Inscribing Community: The Budget and Die Botschaft in Amish Life Chapter 9. Publish or Perish: Amish Publishing and Old Order Identity Chapter 10. "Wicked Truth": The Amish, the Media, and Telling the Truth Conclusion: The Amish, the Media, and the Nickel Mines School Shooting Acknowledgements List of Contributors Index

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