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The films used as points of discussion are drawn from both mainstream and alternative cinema

What Is Cultural Criticism? keyword-jordy-rosenberg abandoning rules of engagement andIn What Is Cultural Criticism?, two leading critics grapple with problems of literature, politics and intellectual practice. The debate opens with Francis Mulherns account of what he terms metacultural discourse. This embraces two opposing critical traditions, the elite pessimism of Kulturkritik and the populist enthusiasms of Cultural Studies. Each in its own way dissolves politics into culture, Mulhern argues. Collini, on the other hand, protests