SOC 3020 UMASS Spam and Fast Food Glocalization Questions

SOC3020
Test 3
Name:
(67 points total)
A. Essay Questions (40 pts.)
Answer the following questions in your own words. Be sure that you answer all parts of the question.
Remember, essay questions should be developed with plenty of supporting details to explain your answer.
1. T. Matejowsky (Spam and Fast Food Glocalization) discusses globalization and glocalization in
regard to Spam’s place in the cuisine of the Philippines. Describe the global/glocal scenario presented in his
article. Include in your answer the following:
(16 pts.)
a. How do American and Filipino attitudes about spam differ?
b. How is spam an example of globalization and glocalization?
c. How is the SpamJam Café an example of both globalization and glocalization?
d. What does this suggest about the notion that globalization will result in a homogenized global
culture?
2. T. Srinivas (“As Mother Made it”: The Cosmopolitan Indian Family, Authentic Food, and the
Construction of Cultural Utopia”) also writes about globalization and glocalization. Why have preprepared, packaged meals become popular among middle-class women? How are traditional expectations
and global trends at play in this case? (12 pts.)
3. C. Banerji, in her article What Bengali Widows Cannot Eat, discusses a food-related conflict between
herself and her newly widowed mother. What was the source of the conflict? What do their conflicting
views tell us about gender and globalization? (12 pts.)
Multiple Choice (6 pts.)
1. With the advent of the _______ stage of technology, it was possible to produce a surplus of food that
could feed large populations.
a. Hunter-gather
b. Horticultural
c. Agricultural
d. Industrial
e. Post-industrial
2. The Hua—people described by Anna Meigs The Social Construction of Food—subsisted entirely by
having family garden plots and raising some pigs. Their technology would best be described as _______.
a. Hunter-gather
b. Horticultural
c. Agricultural
d. Industrial
e. Post-industrial
3. The Columbian Exchange was
a. when the globalization of food (and other things) began.
b. a trade deal between the U.S. and Columbia.
c. a regional network of trade in South America in the 1600s.
4. _______ were the first food to spread around the globe during the Columbian exchange.
a. Potatoes
b. Apples
c. Chili peppers
5. T. Matejowsky (Spam and Fast Food Glocalization) focuses on how Filipinos think about Spam and
the meanings they assign to it. Which paradigm is he using?
a. Cultural Materialism
b. Functionalism
c. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Conflict Theory
6. Matejowsky says that in the Phillipines, Spam is seen as _____.
a. a symbol of America
b. a marker of poverty
c. not real food.
C. Short Answer (21 pts.)
1. Define globalization and glocalization and give a food-related example of each. (8 pts.)
2. Both Marion Nestle (BUY ME! How the food industry influences what we eat) and Jack Hitt (The
Theory of Supermarkets) write about how the food industry (whether it’s companies, supermarkets, or
restaurants) influences our food choices. List and briefly explain 4 ways that the food industry tries to
influence our choices. (8 pts.)
3. How is Coca-Cola’s production of “fresh squeezed” (not from concentrate) orange juice an example of
post-industrial technology? Be sure to include at least 3 specific details to illustrate. (5 pts.)
Extra Credit (4 pts.)
1. Why does Louis Fresco (video, week 10) disagree with the people who push for a return to reliance on
small-scale, low-tech farming? List and explain at least two reasons. (4pts)
A. Essay Questions (40 pts.)
Answer the following questions in your own words. Be sure that you answer all parts of the question.
Remember, essay questions should be developed with plenty of supporting details to explain your answer.
1. T. Matejowsky (Spam and Fast Food Glocalization) discusses globalization and glocalization in
regard to Spam’s place in the cuisine of the Philippines. Describe the global/glocal scenario presented in his
article. Include in your answer the following:
(16 pts.)
a. How do American and Filipino attitudes about spam differ?
b. How is spam an example of globalization and glocalization?
c. How is the SpamJam Café an example of both globalization and glocalization?
d. What does this suggest about the notion that globalization will result in a homogenized global
culture?
2. T. Srinivas (“As Mother Made it”: The Cosmopolitan Indian Family, Authentic Food, and the
Construction of Cultural Utopia”) also writes about globalization and glocalization. Why have preprepared, packaged meals become popular among middle-class women? How are traditional expectations
and global trends at play in this case? (12 pts.)
3. C. Banerji, in her article What Bengali Widows Cannot Eat, discusses a food-related conflict between
herself and her newly widowed mother. What was the source of the conflict? What do their conflicting
views tell us about gender and globalization? (12 pts.)
Multiple Choice (6 pts.)
1. With the advent of the _______ stage of technology, it was possible to produce a surplus of food that
could feed large populations.
a. Hunter-gather
b. Horticultural
c. Agricultural
d. Industrial
e. Post-industrial
2. The Hua—people described by Anna Meigs The Social Construction of Food—subsisted entirely by
having family garden plots and raising some pigs. Their technology would best be described as _______.
a. Hunter-gather
b. Horticultural
c. Agricultural
d. Industrial
e. Post-industrial
3. The Columbian Exchange was
a. when the globalization of food (and other things) began.
b. a trade deal between the U.S. and Columbia.
c. a regional network of trade in South America in the 1600s.
4. _______ were the first food to spread around the globe during the Columbian exchange.
a. Potatoes
b. Apples
c. Chili peppers
5. T. Matejowsky (Spam and Fast Food Glocalization) focuses on how Filipinos think about Spam and
the meanings they assign to it. Which paradigm is he using?
a. Cultural Materialism
b. Functionalism
c. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Conflict Theory
6. Matejowsky says that in the Phillipines, Spam is seen as _____.
a. a symbol of America
b. a marker of poverty
c. not real food.
C. Short Answer (21 pts.)
1. Define globalization and glocalization and give a food-related example of each. (8 pts.)
2. Both Marion Nestle (BUY ME! How the food industry influences what we eat) and Jack Hitt (The
Theory of Supermarkets) write about how the food industry (whether it’s companies, supermarkets, or
restaurants) influences our food choices. List and briefly explain 4 ways that the food industry tries to
influence our choices. (8 pts.)
3. How is Coca-Cola’s production of “fresh squeezed” (not from concentrate) orange juice an example of
post-industrial technology? Be sure to include at least 3 specific details to illustrate. (5 pts.)
Extra Credit (4 pts.)
1. Why does Louis Fresco (video, week 10) disagree with the people who push for a return to reliance on
small-scale, low-tech farming? List and explain at least two reasons. (4pts)