Description
Book SynopsisPresenting a challenge to popular stereotypes, this book is an intimate exploration of the religiously defined roles of Amish women and how these roles have changed over time. Continuity and change, tradition and dynamism shape the lives of Amish women and make their experiences both distinctive and diverse. On the one hand, a principled commitment to living Old Order lives, purposely out of step with the cultural mainstream, has provided Amish women with a good deal of constancy. Even in relatively more progressive Amish communities, women still engage in activities common to their counterparts in earlier times: gardening, homemaking, and childrearing. On the other hand, these persistent themes of domestic labor and the responsibilities of motherhood have been affected by profound social, economic, and technological changes up through the twenty-first century, shaping Amish women's lives in different ways and resulting in increasingly varied experiences. In The Lives of Amish Wome
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Dynamic Worlds of Amish Women
Chapter 2. Becoming an Amish Woman
Chapter 3. Marriage and Ever After
Chapter 4. Events That Bring Women Together
Chapter 5. Women Out of the Ordinary
Chapter 6. Homemakers and Breadwinners
Chapter 7. Reading Amish Women
Chapter 8. Change, Diversity, and Amish Womanhood
Notes
Bibliography
Index
