The Global Grapevine
Why Rumors of Terrorism, Immigration, and Trade Matter
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 29 July 2010
- ISBN 9780199736317
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 157x231x30 mm
- Weight 536 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The Global Grapevine documents how Americans grapple with the new global world through everyday thoughts and conversations, and the rumors they spread. Focusing on the threat posed by terrorism, the impact of immigration, the risks involved in international trade, and the dangers faced by naive tourism, the book provides a broad survey of the most widely circulated rumors and examines what these rumors actually reveal about contemporary society.
MoreLong description:
Soon after 9/11, wild rumors began to spread: that Arab-Americans were celebrating publicly, that some people had been warned, that politicians knew all along.
The Global Grapevine reveals how-through our everyday thoughts and conversations, and the rumors we spread--we grapple with the new global world. Drawn from diverse sources, the book illuminates urban legends like the claim that a certain t-shirt with a Chinese pictogram brands the wearer as a prostitute, conspiracy theories such as the "9/11 Truth Movement," or stories of tourists infected with AIDS by locals. These rumors, the authors argue, reflect our anxieties and fears about contact with foreign cultures--how we believe foreign competition to be poisoning the domestic economy and foreign immigration to be eroding American values. Focusing on the threat posed by terrorism, the impact of immigration, the risks involved in international trade, and the dangers faced by naive tourism, the book provides a broad survey of the most widely circulated rumors and examines what these tales reveal about contemporary society.
If you are interested in how public rumours emerge and spread, this well written book offers good analytical tools and insights. It looks in depth at a number of stories which are 'too good to be false' to show how they play into wider public anxiety.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Rumor and Global Politics
Rumor and September 11th: Understanding the Unthinkable
A Riot of Conspiracies
Migrants: Disease in the Body Politics
"There Goes the Neighborhood": Latino Migrants and Immigration Rumors
Tourist Troubles: The Travels of Global Rumor
The Dangers of International Trade
: Global Trafficking in Bodies
Whispers on the Borderline
