The Lives of Amish Women
$122.86
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2020
Summary
Presenting 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421438702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421438704 |
| Author: | Karen M. Johnson-Weiner |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |
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About The Author
Karen M. Johnson-Weiner
Karen M. Johnson-Weiner is a Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of anthropology at SUNY Potsdam. She is the author of Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools and New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State and a coauthor of The Amish.
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