A comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century. Raymond Williams is a towering presence in cultural studies, most importantly as the founder of the approach that has come to be known as cultural materialism. Yet Williams' method was always open-ended and fluid, and this volume collects together his most significant work from over a twenty-year period in which he wrestled with the concepts of materialism and culture and their interrelationship. Aside from his more directly theoretical texts, however, case-studies of theatrical naturalism, the Bloomsbury group, advertising, science fiction, and the Welsh novel are also included as illustrations of the method at work. Finally, Williams' identity as an active socialist, rather than simply an academic, is captured by two unambiguously political pieces on the past, present and future of Marxism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-13
9781844670604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94501013
Product Key Features
Author
Raymond Williams
Publication Name
Culture and Materialism
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
201mm
Item Width
130mm
Item Weight
318g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Raymond Williams
Series Title
Radical Thinkers
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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