There's drama, there's romance and then there's...bonnet? A new sub genre of romance gains popularity with women! Bonnet novels are Amish romances that are generally about girls who fall in love with an outsider. They are G-rated with pastoral setting and the genre has recently expanded to thrillers and murder mysteries. Both Amish and non-Amish women alike are drawn to these tales of forbidden love, the fantasy sweeping them away!
In my eyes, this medium has brought two different cultures together in their equal enjoyment of the books and passion for reading. Yet there are also conflicting views that. Although, the books are fiction some Amish see them as incorrect or useless even. One Amish woman in the article stated that she lives the Amish life and doesn't need to read about it. Part of the Amish's religious tradition, fiction writing is viewed as a distraction while others dislike how the books portray the Amish community. Even so, there are still many loyal Amish readers with a the fan base growing strong.
I'm not fimiliar with the Amish and have always felt that we lived worlds apart because of our huge lifestyle difference. Yet books are a great source of bringing people together and I think this is a way for us to understand each other more through the very first form of communicating to the masses; books!
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Your blog was really interesting. I'm also not familiar with Amish, but it was cool to see how a book has such a strong impact in bringing people together. It makes you realize that people who are so different from one another can find a sort of medium. By reading people can gain knowledge from a different lifestyle and understand why that group of people are "different" in the way they do things and live their life. I feel like this would help people not judge so much and actually be able to gain respect for other cultures.
ReplyDeleteI find that kind of funny.. I mean, Amish romance? When I think of a romance novel, I hardly think of them as 'G-rated.' Ha. I'm also not familiar with the Amish lifestly but that's really cool how BOOKS (out of all things) are bringing together two completely different cultures! Who knows if I'll ever read one, but it's a great thing for non-Amish women to get a feel for that type of lifestyle since I'm sure not many people do.
ReplyDeleteI would read them if they weren't G-rated. Forbidden love, such as an Amish girl and an outsider, is always hot. It's PERFECT for the romance genre!
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