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The Global Grapevine
Why Rumors of Terrorism, Immigration, and Trade Matter
Gary Alan Fine and Bill Ellis
272 pages
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235x156mm
978-0-19-973631-7
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Hardback
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29 July 2010
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- The authors are recognized authorities on rumors and are regularly featured in and consulted by the national media.
- Will attract both readers interested in the social aspects of rumors as well as those interested in its literary features.
- The effects of globalization make themselves increasingly apparent everyday and Fine and Ellis' work on rumors details the various ways in which foreign cultures and peoples have become topics of anxiety and fear to Americans.
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.Readership: Sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists, communications scholars, and linguists, as
well as general readers interested in rumors, folklore, and the outcomes of globalization.
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Gary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University, and Bill Ellis, Professor of English and American Studies, Penn State University, Hazleton Gary Alan Fine is John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. His book, Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award.
Bill Ellis is Professor of Enlighs and American Studies at Penn State University at Hazleton. He is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society and has served as President of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research.
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"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." - Charles Crawford former British diplomat
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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
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