Description
Book SynopsisWith 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.
Trade ReviewThis is a finely crafted edited volume that should be easily adapted in undergraduate as well as graduate-level courses. The authors write with a knowledge and sensitivity to the topic that is refreshing and that scholars and students should appreciate. Church History 2009 What I appreciate most is the extent to which this book is able to explain Amish life... while also showing how their technological hesitancy complicates the multifaceted process of media mediation. The Amish and the Media should be of great interest to scholars and generally educated readers drawn to North American religion and the media. -- Willaim D. Romanowski Mennonite Quarterly Review 2009
Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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
