Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities
These days it seems everyone is fascinated with the Amish. This curiosity has given rise to a veritable industry of theme parks, books, films, documentaries, and even a reality show attempting to enlighten, or at least entertain the public regarding an ostensibly singular group—“the Amish.” With the...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2009
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 455-457 |
Review of: | Plain diversity (Baltimore, Md. : The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2007) (Brenneman, Robert)
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Summary: | These days it seems everyone is fascinated with the Amish. This curiosity has given rise to a veritable industry of theme parks, books, films, documentaries, and even a reality show attempting to enlighten, or at least entertain the public regarding an ostensibly singular group—“the Amish.” With their book, Plain Diversity, Steven Nolt and Thomas Meyers have added much-needed complexity to the topic by noting that (1) there is more to the Amish world than the black, closed-topped buggies of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and (2) not uniformity, but diversity characterizes the multi-shaded palette of identities comprising the “Amish mosaic. |
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ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp055 |