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9781421408910 Academic Inspection Copy

Thrill of the Chaste

The Allure of Amish Romance Novels
  • ISBN-13: 9781421408910
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Valerie Weaver-Zercher
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 14/06/2013
  • Format: Paperback 344 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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Browse the inspirational fiction section of your local bookstore, and you will likely find cover after cover depicting virtuous young women cloaked in modest dresses and wearing a pensive or playful expression. They hover innocently above sun-drenched pastures or rustic country lanes, often with a horse-drawn buggy in the backgroundor the occasional brawny stranger. Romance novels with Amish protagonists, such as the best-selling trailblazer The Shunning by Beverly Lewis, are becoming increasingly popular with a largely evangelical female audience. Thrill of the Chaste is the first book to analyze this growing trend in romance fiction and to place it into the context of contemporary literature, religion, and popular culture.Valerie Weaver-Zercher combines research and interviews with devoted readers, publishers, and authors to produce a lively and provocative examination of the Amish romance novel. She discusses strategies that literary agents and booksellers use to drive the genres popularity. By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste also considers Amish fictions effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Slap a Bonnet on the Cover
2. The DNA of Amish Romance Novels
3. An Evangelical and an Amishman Walk into a Barn
4. Taking the Amish to Market
5. Is Amishness Next to Godliness?
6. An Amish Country Getaway
7. Virgin Mothers
8. Amish Reading Amish
9. Something Borrowed, Something True
10. Happily Ever After
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""Weaver-Zercher's energetic and witty study reaches beyond an examination of the popularity of Amish fiction for individual readers.""

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