This collection is the first scholarly treatment of the relationship between the Amish and the media in contemporary American life. The essays not only focus on the Amish as subjects in mainstream media, but also view them as producers and consumers of media themselves. Chapters in the collection examine the influence of Amish-produced newspapers and books, along with the role of informal spokespeople in Old Order communities. (240pp. illus. index. hardcover. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2008.)