Strictly Observant : Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1978805217
ISBN-13
9781978805217
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Imprint
Rutgers University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 12th, 2024
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
350 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 1.50 cms
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The Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities have typically been associated with strict religious observance, a renunciation of worldly things, and an obedience of women to men. Women’s relationship to media in these communities, however, betrays a more nuanced picture of the boundaries at play and women’s roles in negotiating them. Strictly Observant presents a compelling ethnographic study of the complex dynamic between women in both the Pennsylvanian Old Order Amish and Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and contemporary media technologies. These women regularly establish valuable social, cultural, and religious capital through the countless decisions for use and nonuse of media that they make in their daily lives, and in ways that challenge the gender hierarchies of each community. By exhibiting a deep awareness of how media can be managed to increase their social and religious reputations, these women prompt us to reconsider our outmoded understanding of the Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, the role that women play in these communities as agents of change, and our own relationship to media today.
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