Quiet Spirit: Amish Quilts from the Collection of Cindy Tietze and Stuart Hodosh

Donald B. Kraybill

ISBN 10: 0930741536 / ISBN 13: 9780930741532

Published by UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, California, 1996

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4to pp. 232, "The authors explore the delicate tension between traditional and social change in Amish life, documenting the remarkable creative variation and individual expression Amish women achieve in their quilts despite the unique proscriptions of the particular communities. Rare photographs of the Amish by Susan Einstein capture glimpses of a culture that shuns the camera?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quiet Spirit: Amish Quilts from the Collection of Cindy Tietze and Stuart Hodosh
• Publisher: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, California
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741536
• ISBN 13: 9780930741532
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The authors explore the delicate tension between traditional and social change in Amish life, documenting the remarkable creative variation and individual expression Amish women achieve in their quilts despite the unique proscriptions of the particular communities. Rare photographs of the Amish by Susan Einstein capture glimpses of a culture that shuns the camera yet fascinates the outside world.