Strictly observant Amish and ultra-orthodox Jewish women negotiating media
"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 boundarie...
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New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, New Jersey, London, Oxford
Rutgers University Press
2024
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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 non-use 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 out 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"-- Under the eyes of God: One day in the life of an Old Order Amish woman -- From the holy house and community to the secular workplace and back: One day in the life of the Ultra-Orthodox woman -- Only occasionally, when I happen to be around one: self-justifications of media consumption as boundary management -- My husband just told me...: The women's relationships with news -- Satan's tool to draw our focus away from God: The women's perceptions about media technologies and content -- We'd rather talk about babies: Sharing behaviors among Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women -- I made it as a boundary for myself: Concluding discussion. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 205 pages 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781978805224 978-1-9788-0522-4 9781978805217 978-1-9788-0521-7 |