Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

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"Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society" is a seminal reference work by cultural theorist Raymond Williams that analyzes the shifting meanings of key terms central to modern culture, politics, and society.

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instanceOf book
reference work
academicDiscipline cultural studies
linguistics
literary studies
sociology
aimsTo clarify contested meanings of key cultural and political terms
demonstrate the historical and social embeddedness of language
author Raymond Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedAs seminal reference work
examines contested political vocabulary
relationship between language and social change
focusesOn shifting meanings of key terms in modern culture
vocabulary of culture and society NERFINISHED
genre cultural studies
non-fiction
reference
hasEntryType keyword essays
hasPart alphabetical entries on key cultural and social terms
hasPerspective cultural materialist
historical
political
influenced cultural studies
literary theory
media studies
sociology of culture
influencedBy Marxist cultural theory
language English
mainSubject culture
historical semantics
language
politics
semantics
society
notableFor historical analysis of everyday political and cultural terms
showing how meanings of words change over time
relatedWork Culture and Society NERFINISHED
Marxism and Literature NERFINISHED
typicalEntryDiscusses etymology of a term GENERATED
historical shifts in meaning GENERATED
ideological uses of a term GENERATED
usedIn cultural theory courses
literary and critical theory courses
media and communication studies courses

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Raymond Williams notableWork Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society