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UNINA9910791377503321 |
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Titolo |
Resisting McDonaldization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Barry Smart |
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ISBN |
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1-4462-3563-7 |
0-7619-5517-8 |
1-282-62300-1 |
9786612623004 |
0-85702-618-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 261 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumer behavior |
Franchises (Retail trade) |
Marketing |
Consumption (Economics) |
Capitalism |
Fast food restaurants |
Industrial management |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Resisting McDonaldization: Theory, Process and Critique; 2 - Golden Arches and Iron Cages: McDonaldization and the Poverty of Cultural Pessimism at the End of the Twentieth Century; 3 - Have You Had Your Theory Today?; 4 - McDonaldization Enframed; 5 - Rich Food: McDonald's and Modern Life; 6 - McCitizens: Risk, Coolness and Irony in Contemporary Politics; 7 - Theme Parks and McDonaldization; 8 - The McDonaldization of Sport and Leisure; 9 - McDonalized Culture: The End of Communication? |
10 - Art Centres: Southern Folk Art and the Splintering of a Hegemonic Market11 - Dennis Hopper, McDonald's and Nike; 12 - Theorizing/Resisting McDonaldization: A Multiperspectivist Approach; |
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13 - The Moral Malaise of McDonaldization: The Values of Vegetarianism; 14 - McFascism?: Reading Ritzer, Bauman and the Holocaust; 15 - Assessing the Resistance; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The McDonaldization theory argued that contemporary life is succumbing to the standardisation, flexibility and predictability of fast-food service. This text engages in a critical appraisal of this thesis. |
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