Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Introduction. The Miracle, Case Studies, and Methods 1
5. Chapter 1 Under the Eyes of God one day in the life of an old order amish woman 31
6. Chapter 2 From the Holy House and Community to the Secular Workplace and Back: one day in the life of an ultra-orthodox woman 47
7. Chapter 3 “Only Occasionally, When I Happen to Be around One” self-justifications of media consumption as boundary management 70
8. Chapter 4 “My Husband Told Me . . .” the women’s relationships with news 85
9. Chapter 5 “Satan’s Tool to Draw Our Focus away from God” the women’s perceptions about media technologies and content 104
10. Chapter 6 “We’d Rather Talk about Babies” sharing behaviors among amish and ultra-orthodox women 137
11. Chapter 7 “I Made It as a Boundary for Myself” concluding discussion on the women’s boundary management 161
12. Appendix: The Specific Data and Statistics on the Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Media Consumption 183
13. Acknowledgments 185
14. Notes 187
15. References 189
16. Index 197
17. About the Author 207