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Download full textEllington, Lucien – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2003
The Big Mac can be effective tool in helping students achieve a better understanding of Japan. It can defeat Orientalist stereotypes about the Japanese--and also challenge young people who might have oversimplified notions of what exactly occurs when U.S. fast food chains take root in another culture. Many deride McDonald's as a villain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Food Service, Corporations
