Benedictine University McDonalds Influence on Foreign Culture Essay
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Read the following in Golden Arches East: McDonald’s in East Asia∗“Introduction: Transnationalism, Localization and Fast Foods in East Asia”“Chapter 1 – McDonald’s in Beijing: The Localization of Americana”“Chapter 4 – McDonald’s in Seoul: Food Choices, Identity and Nationalism”“Chapter 5 – McDonald’s in Japan: Changing Manners and Etiquette”“Update – McDonald’s as Political Target”
In a 5-6 page essay (double spaced) please address the following questions:1. In what sense, if any, is McDonald’s involved in cultural transformations?Do the indigenous cultures impact McDonald’s?2. Has the company helped create these trends, or merely followed themarket?3. Is this an example of an American-inspired, transnational culture crowdingout indigenous cultures?Give examples from the book that help your answers!Upload a Word Doc or .pdf version of your paper to the D2L Dropbox by – – -If I cannot read the format it’s as if you did not submit it.REMEMBER! The final product is expected to be quality work. This means thatin addition to the content and analysis, grammar, spelling, presentation andstructure (including an introduction, headings, subheadings and a conclusion) areimportant and will be graded accordingly.All scholarly papers require documentation of sources. Therefore each papershould have BOTH citations and a bibliography. This is so that the reader canlook at the original sources for further information. Not giving adequate credit tothe sources used is considered plagiarism. Therefore you must always usecitations for 1) direct quotes, 2) paraphrases of statements, 3) opinions andtheories not your own and 4) information that is not a matter of generalknowledge.You may use either MLA or APA formats. I have put a link for both formattingguides in the Resource folder on D2L for your convenience.NOTE: This is an edited book, so it must be cited as such.∗ Please Note: The name of the corporation is McDonald’s, NOT McDonalds, Mcdonalds,MacDonalds… In the same vein, the name of the book is Golden Arches East – it is italicized