Sushi: The Role Of Globalization In Food Cultures

Globalization is the process by which “people across large distances become connected in more and different ways” (GLOBAL READER). The spread or advancement of these processes involves a deepening of shared experiences, and the unity of countries through the worldly concept of connectedness, and globalized linkage that globalization creates. As many activities become more similar worldwide, certain elements devalue the essence of diversity; presumably, displacing original norms and customs; ultimately, enabling people to fall distance from their basis, and become more common. Globalization is also the driving force of market expansion. Global expansion allows nearly no limits in a capitalist economy for countries that are developed with stimulated

It also connects the political and economical processes which facilitate capital and trades; thus, revealing an alternative interpretation of globalization, that declares the processes capitalism uses global power to expand profit of large mass corporation by seeking global markets, and imposing hegemonic principles of behavior in all places (GLOBALREADER). One way to explore these opposing concepts is through changes in food cultures throughout the world (CAROL). Sushi, primarily known as a Japanese cuisines, is service as one of the United States largest transnational commodity that resided in nearly every restaurant by the 20th century. Over the course of time, sushi exists in a plethora of styles, taste, and variation of consumption that is tailored to Western aesthetics. American sushi is larger, use mixtures of western flavors, and most uncommonly uses various meats besides fish as the basis of the traditional Japanese creation. While many understand globalization to invoke unification, others are concerned with how the processes of a capitalist economy shapes other aspects of social construction. As sushi’s popularity flourished, the demand for fish led Japan to extend its commerce into Western fish industries. Tuna can be caught off the coast of America, shipped to Japanese markets for preparation, and then back onto the plates of American restaurant goers. Although people can reside in different parts of the world, and enjoy the same cuisine as this sequence of events continues to stimulate economies; in hindsight the dangerous of overfishing to the ecosystem and dependency of fisherman are disadvantages of exchange