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.
Of all the religious groups in contemporary America, few
demonstrate as many reservations toward the media as do the Old
Order Amish. Yet these attention-wary citizens have become a media
phenomenon, featured in films, novels, magazines, newspapers, and
television -- from Witness, Amish in the City, and Devil's
Playground to the intense news coverage of the 2006 Nickel Mines
School shooting. But the Old Order Amish are more than media
subjects. Despite their separatist tendencies, they use their own
media networks to sustain Amish culture. Chapters in the collection
examine the influence of Amish-produced newspapers and books, along
with the role of informal spokespeople in Old Order
communities.
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.
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