Suddenly, the cultural "purity" of an elite object is in question.
A nostalgic longing for cultural purity - racial purity, religious purity - easily descends into ethnic cleansing.
In fact, this cool new "La Bohème" proves beyond any doubt that the concept of cultural purity has mostly become, like bohemianism, a historical relic.
Liyong, Owuor-Anyumba, and wa Thiong'o were criticized for advocating cultural or even racial purity within academia.
Still, cultural purity can be hard to find.
But 11-member jury, led by Rohini Hattangadi, rejected the film for "lack of cultural purity".
Deeply rooted myths of cultural, ethnic, 'racial' purity, sense of ethnic superiority, etc.
But since even the wooden bat'leth s used by Klingon children could cause nasty cuts and bruises, Kirk had opted for safety over cultural purity.
Working his collage-like assemblages, highly influenced by graphic's design copy-paste, the artist underline the lack of cultural purity in today's interconnected society.
It punches further holes in the old imperial myth of China's cultural purity.