Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosserliterary work· published 2008
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To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food's flavors are concocted.
Adaptations (1)
Fast Food Nation was adapted into a 2006 film.
Fast Food Nation2006 · film · 116 min · dir. Richard Linklater · IMDb ↗A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
