Raymond Williams' seminal exploration of the history of meaning of some of the most important words in the English language.First published in 1976, and expanded in 1983, KEYWORDS reveals how the meanings of 131 words - including `art', `class', `family', `media', `sex' and `tradition' - were formed and subsequently altered and redefined as the historical contexts in which they were used changed.Neither a defining dictionary or glossary, KEYWORDS is rather a brilliant investigation into how the meanings of some of the most important words in the English language have shifted over time, and the forces that brought about those shifts.

Keywords (Fontana communications series)

Reference

RAYMOND WILLIAMS

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Flamingo

Keywords: A vocabulary of culture and society

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.

Culture and Society, 1780-1950

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Harper-Torchbooks

Communications (Pelican books)

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Drama from Ibsen to Brecht (Pelican books)

Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

Words, Language & Grammar

Oxford University Press

Marxism and Literature

Aakar Books

Television

Routledge

Raymond Williams's personal sociological critique of television is presented here through reprinting articles written in "The Listener" between 1968 and 1972. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of media studies.

Raymond Williams on Television: Selected Writings

Business & Money

Television: Technology and Cultural Form (Routledge Classics)

Television: Technology and Cultural Form was first published in 1974, long before the dawn of multi-channel TV, or the reality and celebrity shows that now pack the schedules. Yet Williams' analysis of television's history, its institutions, programmes and practices, and its future prospects, remains remarkably prescient. Williams stresses the importance of technology in shaping the cultural form of television, while always resisting the determinism of McLuhan's dictum that 'the medium is the message'. If the medium really is the message, Williams asks, what is left for us to do or say? Williams argues that, on the contrary, we as viewers have the power to disturb, disrupt and to distract the otherwise cold logic of history and technology - not just because television is part of the fabric of our daily lives, but because new technologies continue to offer opportunities, momentarily outside the sway of transnational corporations or the grasp of media moguls, for new forms of self and political expression.

Humor & Entertainment

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