Resisting Mcdonaldization
George Ritzer's Mc Donaldization thesis argued that contemporary life is succumbing to the standardization, flexibility and practicability of fast-food service. This book brings together specially commissioned papers by leading social and cultural analysts to engage in a critical appraisal of the thesis.\ The contributors discuss the roots of the thesis, the rationalization of late modern life, the effects of increasing cultural commodification, the continuing prominence of American cultural...
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George Ritzer's McDonaldization thesis argued that contemporary life is succumbing to the standardization, flexibility and practicability of fast-food service. This book brings together specially commissioned papers by leading social and cultural analysts to engage in a critical appraisal of the thesis. The contributors discuss the roots of the thesis, the rationalization of late modern life, the effects of increasing cultural commodification, the continuing prominence of American cultural and economic imperialism and the impact of globalization on social and cultural life. The strengths and weaknesses of the McDonaldization thesis are clearly evaluated and the irrational consequences of rationalization are pinpointed.
Resisting McDonaldization - Barry Smart Theory, Process and CritiqueGolden Arches and Iron Cages - Christiane Bender and Gianfranco Poggi McDonaldization and the Poverty of Cultural Pessimism at the End of the Twentieth CenturyHave You Had Your Theory Today? - John O'NeillMcDonaldization Enframed - Deena Weinstein and Michael A WeinsteinRich Food - Joanne Finkelstein McDonald's and Modern LifeMcCitizens - Bryan Turner Risk, Coolness and Irony in Contemporary PoliticsTheme Parks and McDonaldization - Alan BrymanThe McDonaldization of Sport and Leisure - David JaryMcDonaldized Culture - The End of Communication? - Richard M[um]unchArt Centres - Gary Alan Fine Southern Folk Art and the Splintering of a Hegemonic MarketDennis Hopper, McDonald's and Nike - Norman K DenzinTheorizing/Resisting McDonaldization - Douglas Kellner A Multiperspectivist ApproachThe Moral Malaise of McDonaldization - Keith Tester The Values of VegetarianismMcFascism? Reading Ritzer, Bauman and the Holocaust - Peter BeilharzAssessing the Resistance - George Ritzer
