Rumspringa To Be or Not to Be Amish
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Erscheinungsdatum
29.05.2007
Verlag
North Point PressSeitenzahl
336 (Printausgabe)
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Englisch
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9781466805132
"A riveting account of an Amish rite of passage" and Amish youth as they have never been looked at before ( People ).
"Shachtman . . . is a sensitive and nimble chronicler of Amish teens, devoting ample space to allowing them to tell their stories in their own words. And their stories are fascinating. . . . This is not only one of the most absorbing books ever written about the Plain People but a perceptive snapshot of the larger culture in which they live and move . " - Publishers Weekly
Rumspringais a fascinating look at a little-known Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa-the period of "running around" that begins for their youth at age sixteen. Through vivid portraits of teenagers in Ohio and Indiana, Tom Shachtman offers an account of Amish life as a mirror to the soul-searching and questing that we recognize as a generally intrinsic part of adolescence. The trappings of the Amish way of life-the "plain" clothes and electricity-free farms-conceal the communities' mystery: how they manage to retain their young people and perpetuate themselves generation after generation. The key to this is the rumspringa, when Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting with alcohol, premarital sex, trendy clothes, telephones, drugs, and wild parties. By allowing them such freedom, their parents hope they will learn enough to help them make the most important decision of their lives-whether to be baptized as Christians, join the church, and forever give up worldly ways, or to remain out in the world. In this searching book, Shachtman draws on his skills as a documentarian to capture young people on the cusp of a fateful decision, and to give us an original and deeply affecting portrait of the Amish as a whole.
"Anyone interested in U.S. religion or youth culture will enjoy this enlightening and insightful book." - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
"[A] wonderfully rich portrait and history of the Amish as a people." - The Wall Street Journal "Shachtman is like a maestro, masterfully conducting an orchestra of history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and journalism together in a harmonious and evocative symphony of all things Amish." - The Christian Science Monitor
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