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Serpent in the Garden Amish Sexuality in a Changing World / James A. Cates.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000Copyright date: 2020Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1421438739
  • 9781421438733
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.7088/28973 23
LOC classification:
  • BX8129.A5 C38 2020
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Pilgrim Journey: Amish Discipline -- 2 Peculiar People, Queer Theory -- 3 The Birds and the Bees (and the Horses and the Cows): Learning about Sexuality -- 4 "Knowing" One Another: Ramifications of the Physical Act -- 5 Gender Roles: Housework and Harvesting -- 6 Intimacy: The True Serpent in the Garden -- 7 Suffer Little Children: Child Sexual Abuse -- 8 Victorian's Secret: Paraphilias and the Amish -- 9 The Love That Won't Shut Up: Sexual Minorities and the Amish
Epilogue: Rubbing Shoulders with Rahab: Emerging Views on Sexuality -- Appendixes -- A Suggestions for Further Reading -- B Professional Interaction and Amish Sexuality -- C A Quick Guide to Other Plain Groups -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary: "The author is an openly gay clinical psychologist who has counseled Amish patients in Indiana for many years. In the book he uses queer theory to explore many facets of Amish sexuality from the perspective of the Amish as a minority population. This book will appeal to scholars of gender and sexuality, to scholars of the Amish, and to social service professionals who serve Amish communities"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2446114

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The author is an openly gay clinical psychologist who has counseled Amish patients in Indiana for many years. In the book he uses queer theory to explore many facets of Amish sexuality from the perspective of the Amish as a minority population. This book will appeal to scholars of gender and sexuality, to scholars of the Amish, and to social service professionals who serve Amish communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Pilgrim Journey: Amish Discipline -- 2 Peculiar People, Queer Theory -- 3 The Birds and the Bees (and the Horses and the Cows): Learning about Sexuality -- 4 "Knowing" One Another: Ramifications of the Physical Act -- 5 Gender Roles: Housework and Harvesting -- 6 Intimacy: The True Serpent in the Garden -- 7 Suffer Little Children: Child Sexual Abuse -- 8 Victorian's Secret: Paraphilias and the Amish -- 9 The Love That Won't Shut Up: Sexual Minorities and the Amish

Epilogue: Rubbing Shoulders with Rahab: Emerging Views on Sexuality -- Appendixes -- A Suggestions for Further Reading -- B Professional Interaction and Amish Sexuality -- C A Quick Guide to Other Plain Groups -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z