China Star (Fast Food?) Restaurant Term Paper

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The mother and grandmother responded to being observed by facial expressions of disapproval, but these were short lived, and both women became more focused on their plates and the child, ignoring that they were being observed. This was an amazing defense mechanism, a false consciousness, which that allowed them to continue manifesting their disorder in a public setting. It was difficult not to experience a sense of empathy for the child, who would no doubt become a product of habitus, or a product of her environment. She is a young child whose own destiny has been sidetracked by her mother's and grandmother's overeating maladies.

Today, the term "McDonaldization" has been applied to the system and syndromes revolving around the fast food industry (Cohen, R. And Kennedy, P. 2000, Global Sociology, MacMillan, London, p.

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378). However, the hypothesis that is presented here, as a result of this observation study, is that a whole new "all you can eat" system and syndrome exists, separate and apart from the McDonaldization identified and defined in prior studies. Further comparative study and observations involving both settings would prove to support, or, not support this hypothesis.

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Henslin, J.M., (DATE), Essentials of Sociology a Down to Earth Approach by. Henslin 7th Edition, (PUBLISHER).

Cohen, R. And Kennedy, P. 2000, Global Sociology, MacMillan, London.

WWLTV.com, 2008, found online at: http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl010208tpbuffetfight__.1c12476.html, retrieved 29 January 2008......

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