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Chargement... The Amish and the mediapar Diane Zimmerman Umble
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Because the Amish are camera shy and reporter adverse, the title suggests an oxymoron but there is the truth is more nuanced and subtle. Because of their distinctive dress and transportation, the Amish have become cultural curiosity and media darling. Feature films, documentaries, reality series, romantic fiction attempt to satisfy the thirst for all things Amish but, all to often, where fact cannot be obtain, fiction fills the need. The Amish often resent this fictionalization of their identity, but do little to tell their own story. Diana Zimmerman Umble bring together a collection of studies that present a unified picture of why the Amish are reluctant to engage the main stream media but are not really media adverse. They not only keep abreast of world events though the media, but maintain active communication links among their communities. The authors are both insightful and sensitive. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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