The Old Order Amish by Carol Ann Gillespie Texas State University: San Marcos San Marcos‚ Texas A folk culture is a small‚ self-reliant community that is technologically simple and traditional in nature. The term "folk culture" also refers to the artifacts of this community ’s material culture (such as tools‚ clothing‚ and houses) as well as the nonmaterial culture (traditions and institutions). This essay describes how one folk culture -- the Old Order Amish -- has successfully
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Rumspringa‚ defined as “running around” is a time when the Amish youth at the age of 16 decide whether to remain in or leave their community and faith. During this time teens area allowed to enter and lead a life in the “English” world and participate in partying‚ drinking‚ illegal drugs and pre-marital sex. During rumpsringa teens are exposed to a myriad of things that they normally would not have been able to in their regular Amish life. This stage of their life highly affects the cultural identity
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Module B: Close Study of Text Text: Witness ‘Witness’‚ an American film‚ directed by Australian director Peter Weir‚ is a film set in 1985 about a clash of modern American society‚ and an idyllic Amish community. Maeri Saeli describes it as “the two worlds meet‚ but never merge” This is shown in the interaction between ideas‚ characters and techniques that make an impact on the audience. The main ideas represented in this text are Violence versus non-violence/ pacifism versus direct action‚ relationships
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Sociological Association AMISH VICTIMIZATION AND OFFENDING: A RURAL SUBCULTURE ’S EXPERIENCES AND RESPONSES TO CRIME AND JUSTICE* BRYAN D. BYERS BALL STATE UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT This article addresses several areas as applied to the rural subculture of the Amish. First‚ the Old Order Amish will be introduced to the reader. Distinctions will be made between the Old Order Amish and other‚ cousin‚ groups. Second‚ discussion will center on the victimization of Old Order Amish. Several illustrations will
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Caring for the Amish in a Modern world Tanya Mitchell Mid-State Technical College Caring for the Amish in a Modern world The Amish believe in living in the simple world. They travel by horse drawn buggies and most don’t use electricity. Cell phones‚ Internet‚ and vacuum cleaners are not among the items found in an Amish home. The highest education they receive is the eighth grade and are not wanting to seek a higher level of learning. Over time the Amish have begun to take part in some of the things
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What I Admire About the Amish Lifestyle Wiserly Almonte Professor Schlager When people go to visit an Amish community on Sunday and spend a couple of hours with them‚ they simply love it. But when it comes to the question‚ whether they could you live happily in a lifestyle like the Amish‚ almost everyone would say NO. Because our society is based on material and selfishness concepts‚ they couldn’t live without all the material stuff. But what they don’t know is how great and awesome
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The Life of the Amish Jessie Duquette ANT101: Intro to Cultural Anthropology Jennifer Cramer January 26‚ 2013 The Life of the Amish The Amish are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination. Amish are also sometimes known as Amish Mennonites‚ they are known for their separation from society‚ for living in isolated Amish communities‚ for the rejection of most modern technology and for the way they dress. In the United States‚ Amish communities are mostly found in Pennsylvania‚ Ohio‚ and
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MILLERSBURG — While the rest of the world sat captivated as a group of men and women‚ along with their leader‚ were charged with federal hate crimes for viciously cutting the hair and beards of Amish men and women‚ Johnny Mast was inside looking out of what he now realizes was a cult. “Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters” recently was released and now is available for purchase at Gospel Bookstore in Berlin. He appeared for a book signing at the store over the summer and will
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JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS IS WRONG People in today’s society tend to jump to the wrong conclusions about others. Jumping to the wrong conclusions can be very hurt full to other people. In my opinion I think that people should stop jumping to conclusions and take the time to get to know someone. . These are the three main ones that I see the most are peoples appearance‚ race and religion‚ location. People are often jumping to the wrong conclusions about someone’s appearance. They would see a person
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Amish Country Last Thursday‚ the ELI took all the students to Amish country. We all went by bus. We went to an Amish house where we met Mike. Mike made a presentation about Amish life. He showed their clothes. He told us that the Amish came from Germany. He told us that the Amish want to be separate from society. They don’t have electricity‚ so they use lanterns‚ also they don’t have cars they use buggies. I learned many things from the presentation. Firstly‚ the Amish are peaceful people
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