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Selling the Amish
Susan L. Trollinger
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Description for Selling the Amish
Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20, 4 maps, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. Trollinger explores this puzzling incongruity, showing that Amish tourism is anything but plain and simple. "Selling the Amish" takes readers on a virtual tour of three such tourist destinations in Ohio's Amish Country, the world's largest Amish settlement. Trollinger examines the visual rhetoric of these uniquely themed places - their architecture, ... Read more
More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. Trollinger explores this puzzling incongruity, showing that Amish tourism is anything but plain and simple. "Selling the Amish" takes readers on a virtual tour of three such tourist destinations in Ohio's Amish Country, the world's largest Amish settlement. Trollinger examines the visual rhetoric of these uniquely themed places - their architecture, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421404196
SKU
V9781421404196
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99-34
About Susan L. Trollinger
Susan L. Trollinger is an associate professor of English at the University of Dayton, author of Mennonite Church USA Congregations: Findings of the Faith Communities Today Survey, and coeditor of Anabaptists and Postmodernity.
Reviews for Selling the Amish
Millions of people (this reviewer included) visit Ohio's Amish country, but few consider the penetrating insights Trollinger raises... Following an excellent review of Amish history and belief, she looks at what tourists find when they 'connect' with the plain people... A great book! Choice Trollinger begins Selling the Amish with a praiseworthy overview of Amish history. She enriches her analysis ... Read more