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Seminar: "Happy Meals" and Their Impact on Health, Nature, and the Economy - Vertiefungsmodul - Details
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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: "Happy Meals" and Their Impact on Health, Nature, and the Economy - Vertiefungsmodul
Untertitel Exploring American Life Through its Fast Food Culture
Veranstaltungsnummer ANG.05294.02, ANG.03590.01
Semester SS 2018
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 8
maximale Teilnehmendenanzahl 20
Heimat-Einrichtung Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Donnerstag, 05.04.2018 14:15 - 15:45
Studiengänge (für) MA ab WS 2015/16
LAG, LAS, LAF
SWS 2
Sonstiges ANG.05294.02 für LAG, LAS (ab WS 12/13), MA ab WS 2015/16
ANG.03590.01 für LAG, LAS
ECTS-Punkte 5

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Keine Raumangabe
Donnerstag: 14:15 - 15:45, wöchentlich(14x)

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Kommentar/Beschreibung

Fast food ranks high on the list of features that people worldwide associate with American culture. Resulting from assembly-line techniques and rigid standardization, phenomenally successful and perfectly adapted to America's car culture, it embodies many elements that are regarded as a characteristically "American." The rise of fast food can be seen as one of America's entrepreneurial feats, a vivid illustration of the economic power of a business idea that has appealed to customers all over the world.

The promise of cheap food, familiar taste, and consistent quality, however, rests on a complex network of problematic economic and social practices. These are problems that go beyond an individual's troubling suspicion that eating fast food may not be healthy. As Eric Schlosser shows in his book /Fast Food Nation/, an intensive look at the fast-food industry reveals how this particular aspect of American food culture affects the lives of American citizens in a surprising and sometimes shocking variety of ways. His publication is an impressive study that brings to light how a seemingly innocuous feature of American popular culture has an intensive impact on America's political, social, and cultural life.

Based on an intensive reading of /Fast Food Nation/, this class will focus on aspects that have lost nothing of their relevance since the book first appeared in 2001. They include economic perspectives, health issues, environmental problems, and questions of workers rights.

Prospective participants are expected to have purchased and read a copy of Fast Food Nation by the beginning of term. They are also strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves in advance with the general aspects of this subject. They must be prepared to participate actively in class and to commit themselves to weekly reading and writing assignments. More information about the specific requirements will be announced in the first session.

Please use Stud.IP to register for this class. ILIAS will be used as an online communications platform during the semester. Make sure that you have access to it, and enroll as soon as this specific webspace has been opened (look under "Lernobjekte").

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Diese Veranstaltung gehört zum Anmeldeset "Beschränkte Teilnehmeranzahl: "Happy Meals" and Their Impact on Health, Nature, and the Economy - Vertiefungsmodul".
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