Keywords : A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

Paperback. Pub Date :2014-02-13 Pages: 350 Language: English Publisher:. Fourth Estate Ltd 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.