Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

by Raymond Williams

Overview

Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199840281
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/16/1985
Series:	A Vocabulary of Culture and Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Raymond Williams (1921 - 1988) was a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge University.

Colin MacCabe is Distinguished Professor of English and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, and author of numerous books on literature and theory of language.

Table of Contents

Foreword (Colin MacCabe)
Introduction
Preface to the Second Addition
List of Abbreviations
Keywords
References and Select Bibliography
Reader's Notes