{"product_id":"the-amish-and-the-media-young-center-books-in-anabaptist-and-pietist-studies-9780801887895","title":"The Amish and the Media Young Center Books in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Amish and the Culture of Mediation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Old Order Amish as Media Images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Witnessing the Amish: \u003ci\u003ePlain People on Fancy Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Reel Amish: \u003ci\u003eThe Amish in Documentaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. \"Why We Fear the Amish\":\u003ci\u003e Whiter-than-White Figures in Contemporary American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Pursuing Paradise: \u003ci\u003eNonfiction Narratives of Life with the Amish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Heritage versus History: \u003ci\u003eAmish Tourism in Two Ohio Towns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Hollywood \u003ci\u003eRumspringa\u003c\/i\u003e: Amish in the City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Old Order Amish as Media Producers and Consumers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Amish Informants: \u003ci\u003eMediating Humility and Publicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Inscribing Community: The Budget \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Die Botschaft\u003ci\u003e in Amish Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Publish or Perish: \u003ci\u003eAmish Publishing and Old Order Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. \"Wicked Truth\":\u003ci\u003e The Amish, the Media, and Telling the Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Amish, the Media, and the Nickel Mines School Shooting\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405205381463,"sku":"9780801887895","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801887895.jpg?v=1730489104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-amish-and-the-media-young-center-books-in-anabaptist-and-pietist-studies-9780801887895","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}