It works as both a social critique of antebellum America and an expression of the profound nature of human experiences.

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Concentrating on volume, while maintaining quality, the vodka is looking to subvert a long-standing equation of consumption as a marker of social status, as was eloquently explained by Pierre Bourdieau in Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment Of Taste.

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Look at the role played by the Health Committee with the Health and Social Care Bill, or the critique of Big Society localism offered by the Communities Committee.

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For another, they know how to poke fun, using their art to critique, if not utterly blow up, social convention and ignorance.

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