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‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Anglophone is not interchangeable with Western.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago

sure, but Western cultural hegemony has been Anglophone for a while, at least a century or two, its roots being from Italy, hence my perceived irony. Still, I get your point, I'm being uncharitable and lazy by fabricating irony that isn't there without generalizations I made.