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Item Details
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GOLDEN ARCHES EAST
MCDONALD'S IN EAST ASIA |
| By: |
James L. Watson (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804732078 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804732079 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1998 |
| Pages: |
276 |
| Description: |
McDonald's restaurants are found in over 100 countries, serving tens of millions of people each day. Does the introduction of American fast food undermine local cuisines, many of them celebrated for centuries? This is a study of the cultural implications of this phenomenal success? |
| Synopsis: |
McDonald s restaurants are found in over 100 countries, serving tens of millions of people each day. What are the cultural implications of this phenomenal success? Does the introduction of American fast food undermine local cuisines, many of them celebrated for centuries? Does it, as some critics fear, presage a homogeneous, global culture? These are but a few of the questions confronted in this engaging study that vividly demonstrates how the theories and techniques of anthropology can be used not only to examine obscure peoples and exotic practices, but to shed light on the motivations and behavior of people conducting their daily lives in some of the major population centers of the world. Earlier studies of the fast food industry have emphasized production, focusing on labor or management. This book takes a fresh approach to the industry by concentrating on the perspective of the consumer. It analyzes consumers reactions to McDonald s in five East Asian cities: Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, and Tokyo. What do they have to say about McDonald s? How is fast food perceived by those who pay to eat it? How do their preferences and biases affect the system of production? |
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US |
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Stanford University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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