The global grapevine: why rumors of terrorism, immigration, and trade matter
Fine, Gary Alan
Ellis, Bill
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. INDICE: Introduction: Rumor and Global Politics; 1.: Rumor and September 11th: Understanding the Unthinkable; 2.: A Riot of Conspiracies; 3.: Migrants: Disease in the Body Politics; 4.: 'There Goes the Neighborhood': Latino Migrants and Immigration Rumors; 5.: Tourist Troubles: The Travels of Global Rumor; 6.: The Dangers of International Trade; 7.: : Global Trafficking in Bodies;8.: Whispers on the Borderline
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973631-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés