More specifically, he challenged prevailing orthodoxies on the history and politics of the Palestinians and investigated the role of the intelligentsia in building para-state institutions and in fostering socio - economic and political changes within the Palestinians in exile. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Shalit tells us that in 1994 she rushed off to see the new movie version of Little Women, only to discover that our hidden cultural censors, fearful of anything that does not cohere with prevailing orthodoxy, had expunged one of «the best lines» in the story, when Marmee says: «To be loved by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman; and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience.» (religion-online.org)
Pruitt - Early's irreverent work challenged prevailing orthodoxies and blurred the boundaries between low culture and high art. (museumofnonvisibleart.com)