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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

Paperback • 2014 • English

Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

By Raymond Williams

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About the book

First published in 1976, Raymond Williams' highly acclaimed Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society is a collection of lively essays on words that are critical to understanding the modern world. In these essays, Williams, a renowned cultural critic, demonstrates how these key words take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of our past and current society. He chose words both essential and intangible--words like nature, underprivileged, industry, liber...Show more

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9780199393213

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

Format

Paperback

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