Worse, from the standpoint of cultural criticism, it fails to understand the tremendous flexibility and fertility of book-length fiction.

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All the articles exemplify Said's joined-up attitude to cultural criticism, eschewing detailed evaluations of individual performances for more sweeping assessments of a particular work's current cultural and social resonances.

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Depardieu is a cultural icon in France, and his departure has triggered a hailstorm of public criticism for and against him.

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But I have read a thing or two about cultural relativity and I'm pretty sure that we need to chill on the criticism of all things Japanese before we lose sight of ourselves.

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