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Assignment:
1. What was the MFA, discussed in the reading Regulatory Environment, and what was it intended to do? Provide detail from the reading.
2. Describe what we learned about the United Fruit Company in Guatemala in The Fifties: Selling the American Way.
3. What is the "consumption ethic", as defined by Roland Marchand? What example does he give to illustrate his point?
4. Describe the Planting Justice program that we read about in class. Where is the program implemented and what are its goals?
5. What did the parents smuggle back in the "Kim Wilde" chapter of Persepolis? Why were these particular consumer goods forbidden from consumption?
6. Dick Hebdige explains how there are competing definitions of culture. What definition of culture did the early BBC follow, as seen in the documentary Great Thinkers: Culture Wars? Provide an explanation to support your answer.
7. Describe Moorish innovations that were capitalized on by Europeans, as discussed by Baffour Ankomabh.
8. Referencing the Marc Levinson reading, detail how the shipping container transformed global consumerism.