“Cultural” History:
Cultural refers to beliefs, customs, etc. of a group of people within the broader society.
Did any change in culture result from the work? What changed?
What different perspectives of history does this text represent?
What does the literary work suggest about the experience of groups of people who have been ignored, underrepresented, or misrepresented by traditional history (for example, minorities, women, and so on)?
Keep in mind that new historical and cultural criticism usually include attention to the intersection of the literary work with nonliterary discourses prevalent in the culture in which the work emerged and/or in the cultures in which it has been interpreted and often focus on such issues as the circulation of power and the dynamics of personal and group identity.
