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12703379, zeroing in on this:
Posted by imcvspl, Tue Jan-20-15 03:54 PM
>the reason their was such consensus about supposed classics
>was because the gatekeepers came from a very narrow group/part
>of the world (in locations and ideology) and thus embedded
>"THIS is culture" to the multitude (aka masses), when in
>reality if their were more options (sub/altern voices) the
>medium would serve it's niche group

I'm surprised it's taken this long for this to come up, but I think that was a big part of my initial question. How do we shape the classics to be more a reflection of modern values?

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