Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Rev Sub Edition

by Raymond Williams (Author)

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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.

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Rev Sub edition (May 16, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195204697
ISBN-13: 978-0195204698
Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #218 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > Literary Theory
- #916 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Linguistics
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Great to think with!

By Eibhinn on May 8, 2011

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This book is extremely helpful for stopping to ponder what we really mean by words we tend to toss around thoughtlessly: for example Class, Culture, Community. Williams takes a revealing and amazingly well researched historical approach by considering etymological word origins, and how the meanings of words change over time. He also considers how words are used both popularly and academically. This work is especially appropriate for those of us overly-analytical types who like to pick apart and unpack concepts as a matter of course, but the text might feel a little laboured and overly cerebral to the less theoretically minded. I highly recommend this as a much needed reference for graduate students and professional academics in the social sciences, or to very dedicated upper level undergraduates. Unfortunately, the more recent "New Keywords" is not nearly so well done - I think in part because it has multiple authors and ends up feeling a little uneven. It is understandable that it not be able to quite stand up to the original, as Raymond Williams was a genius in his own class.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

key book for academic fledglings

By kent clark on May 31, 2013

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Ray Williams serves up an etymology and an intellectual history for every major term in the last 100-300 years of philosophical and critical commentary. Great for beginning grad students.

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Great for students young and old

By veronica on December 30, 2012

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My children use this for vocabulary building. A wonderful way to approach cultural literacy. Wish I had it sooner. Learned about it from an excellent teacher from Yale.

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