The Amish and the media / edited by Diana Zimmerman Umble and David L. Weaver-Zercher.
The Amish and the media / edited by Diana Zimmerman Umble and David L. Weaver-Zercher.
The Amish and the media / edited by Diana Zimmerman Umble and David L. Weaver-Zercher.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N070.44928/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Witnessing the Amish / Crystal Downing -- Reel Amish / Dirk Eitzen -- "Why we fear the Amish" / Julia Spicher Kasdorf -- Pursuing paradise / David L. Weaver-Zercher -- Heritage versus history / Susan Biesecker -- Hollywood rumspringa / Dirk Eitzen -- Amish informants / Donald B. Kraybill -- Inscribi...
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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."
"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."--BOOK JACKET....
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Full title
The Amish and the media / edited by Diana Zimmerman Umble and David L. Weaver-Zercher.
Spine title
Amish & the media.
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Young center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies.
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N070.44928/1
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74VM8Bb7ZvGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8Bb7ZvGO
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ISBN
9780801887895 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0801887895 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
070.4492897
MMS ID
991000296519702626
