The Mexican Pet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mexican Pet write by Jan Harold Brunvand. This book was released on 1986. The Mexican Pet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Mexican Pet
The Mexican Pet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mexican Pet write by . This book was released on 1996. The Mexican Pet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites
The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites write by Jan Harold Brunvand. This book was released on 1988-04-17. The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A uniquely entertaining book: edifying scholarship, diverting social history."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times "[The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity. . . . Many readers . . . will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them." —Kirkus Reviews
The Mexican Pet
The Mexican Pet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mexican Pet write by Jan Harold Brunvand. This book was released on 1986. The Mexican Pet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Global Grapevine
The Global Grapevine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Global Grapevine write by Gary Alan Fine. This book was released on 2013-02-01. The Global Grapevine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Far from mere idle tales, rumors are a valuable window into our anxieties and fears. Rumors let us talk as a community about some very inflammatory issues--issues that may be embarrassing or disturbing to discuss-allowing us to act as if we are talking about real events, not personal beliefs. We can air our hidden fears and desires without claiming these attitudes as our own. In The Global Grapevine, two leading authorities on rumor, folklore, and urban legend--Gary Alan Fine and Bill Ellis--shed light on what contemporary rumors can tell us about the fears and pressures of globalization. In particular, they examine four major themes that emerge over and over again: rumors about terrorism, about immigration, about international trade, and about tourism. The authors analyze how various rumors underscore American reactions to perceived global threats, show how we interpret our changing world, and highlight fears, fantasies, and cherished beliefs about our place in the world. Along the way the book examines a wide variety of rumors-that the Israelis were behind 9-11, the President knew of the attack in advance, tourists wake up in foreign countries with their kidneys stolen, foreign workers urinate in vats of beer destined to be shipped to America. These rumors, the authors argue, reflect our anxieties and fears about contact with foreign cultures-whether we believe foreign competition to be poisoning the domestic economy or that foreign immigration to be eroding American values. Rumors are the visible tip of a vast iceberg of hidden anxieties. Illuminating the most widely circulated rumors in America in recent years, The Global Grapevine offers an invaluable portrait of what these tales reveal about contemporary society.
