Strictly Observant

Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media

Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar

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English

Rutgers University Press
12 January 2024

Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches; Judaism; Media studies; Gender studies: women; Jewish studies

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 our 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.

By: Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 50g
ISBN: 9781978805217
ISBN 10: 1978805217
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 12 January 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

RIVKA NERIYA-BEN SHAHAR is a senior lecturer at Sapir Academic College in Sderot, Israel, where she teaches communications, religion, and gender.

Reviews for Strictly Observant: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media

""In this fascinating study, Shahar breaks new cultural ground. Orthodox Amish and Jewish women stand worlds apart in their religious beliefs yet share similarities coping with modern media. Both are savvy and shrewd in creating symbolic boundaries to enhance their communal stature.""--Donald B. Kraybill ""author of The Riddle of the Amish"" ""Shahar's analysis is as subtle as the efforts of those she researched here. It is consistently enlightening. . . . Highly recommended for anyone interested in the field of the sociology of religion, and especially in (audience research) media studies.""-- ""Contemporary Jewry"" ""In this fascinating, sensitive, and accessible book, Neriya-ben Shahar offers us a compelling and insightful analysis of the lives and media-usage of women in Amish and Ultra-Orthodox communities. Strictly Observant is a timely and welcome contribution to readers interested in communication studies, religious studies, Jewish studies, and gender studies.""--Ayala Fader ""author of Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age""