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Book Synopsis
Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power.

Trade Review
Should be required reading for anyone within Amish studies... Engaging, forthright in a fashion that rings authentic, a truth-telling... -- Denise Reiling Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Amish Life: Plain but Not So Simple
2. Religion: Transmitting the Faith
3. Adolescence: Building an Amish Identity
4. Schooling: Read'n, Rite'n, 'Rithmatic— but Shunning Darwin
5. Parenting: Holding On and Letting Go
6. Teen Culture: Working Hard and Having Fun
7. Singings: The First Step to Independence
8. Rumspringa: Stepping Out and Running About
9. Courtship: Looking for Love
10. Weddings: High Times in Plain Places
11. The Future: Keeping Faith in a World of Change
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Growing Up Amish

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 10 August 2014
      ISBN-13 9781421413716
      978-1421413716
      ISBN-10 142141371X
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      Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power.

      Trade Review
      Should be required reading for anyone within Amish studies... Engaging, forthright in a fashion that rings authentic, a truth-telling... -- Denise Reiling Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      1. Amish Life: Plain but Not So Simple
      2. Religion: Transmitting the Faith
      3. Adolescence: Building an Amish Identity
      4. Schooling: Read'n, Rite'n, 'Rithmatic— but Shunning Darwin
      5. Parenting: Holding On and Letting Go
      6. Teen Culture: Working Hard and Having Fun
      7. Singings: The First Step to Independence
      8. Rumspringa: Stepping Out and Running About
      9. Courtship: Looking for Love
      10. Weddings: High Times in Plain Places
      11. The Future: Keeping Faith in a World of Change
      Epilogue
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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