GS101 Lecture Notes - Mcdonaldization, Economic Globalization, Ben-Gurion University Of The Negev
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Uri is a sociologist- (ben gurion university). Answer locally, symbolically, becomes a specimen of the global structurally. simply put, globalization does not take over the local, but restructures it. Traditional and local cultures do not diminish with mcdonaldization. Instead, they take on global ways of doing and thereby reshape and reform those traditions. In effect, bringing about a revival of the local. Falafels in isreal: mcdonald s is now serving falafels. Check out dispatches video (march 28, 2010) natasha (canadian) tries to see the distinction between burgers and bun kebabs. Natasha says- food is an essential part of culture (just as religion and politics?) Burgers and bun kebabs have become a metaphor for the ways in which people are culturally defines ( in. Burgers are: urban, elite, posh, english speaking, mcdonald s going, rich, cut off from regular pakistan, borrowing material aspects of the west. Bun- kebabs: are authentic, embody traditional values.
