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#31 Getting Curious About Amish Romance Novels

Author
Northern Onondaga Public Library
Published
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode Link
https://blubrry.com/nopl/83199607/31-getting-curious-about-amish-romance-novels/

Jen and Jackie dive into a world where they easily admit they have absolutely NO experience...the world of Amish romances. Despite the fact that both of your favorite librarians both grew up in Amish and farming country, neither of them have EVER READ A BOOK THAT FEATURES AN AMISH SET OF CHARACTERS. This month, they're rectifying that. Follow along for the ride as we hitch up the buggy and head out to the farm.


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Terms:

  • "Clean," "Sweet," "Nice," or "Closed-Door," romance - a romance that does not feature on-page intimacy
  • The Ordnung - The unwritten set of rules and regulations that guide everyday Amish life
  • Protestant Reformation
  • Anabaptist -A religious movement grew out of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s and believed that adults should be baptized instead of infants, and reformers should have been much harder on the Catholic Church
  • Gelassenheit - “submission,” a belief that includes simplicity, humility, thrift, obedience, and accepting the will of higher authorities. The Amish ideal is humility, in contrast to the modern ideal of personal fulfillment 
  • Theory of the Golden Age
  • Hypermodernity - excessive technological and socio-economic exploitation characteristic of late stage capitalism
  • Hypersexuality - Officially, hypersexuality is used in reference to a clinical diagnosis of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder; however, in the sense of this podcast, Jen and Jackie use it in reference to the perceived view that America is "obsessed" with sexual depictions and the increasing availability of sexually-charged materials both visual and written, and the countermovement that have arisen in opposition to this perception.
  • Swartzentruber Amish - a specific sect of the Amish that value traditional beliefs and practices
  • The Kapp -The white or black head covering Amish females wear, also known as the prayer covering


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