The document outlines cultural criticism as a field that describes, interprets, and evaluates culture through various lenses and methods. It defines key terms like criticism, literary criticism, and cultural criticism. It also describes the different types, orientations, theories, objects, and methods of cultural criticism. These include theoretical, practical, and historical cultural criticism as well as formalism, structuralism, and postmodern approaches. Cultural works like music, media, lifestyle, games, and film can all be analyzed through intrinsic and extrinsic cultural criticism.