Raymond Williams

Informationen zum Autor Alan O'Connor is associate professor of cultural studies at Trent University in Canada. Klappentext Raymond Williams_a Welsh media critic and a pioneer of cultural studies_believed that the traditional focus of biographies on individuals isolated these people from their communities. For this reason, Alan O'Connor looks at Williams and his time period_one of social change and crisis. Williams, son of a railway worker, would have pursued university studies had World War II not disrupted his plans. So the unorthodox intellectual worked outside the university until 1960, his revolutionary media studies emphasizing the interchange between culture and democracy. O'Connor concludes with the same message Williams advocated: In a period dominated by conservative forces, it is still worthwhile to struggle for small changes. Zusammenfassung Raymond Williams! a Welsh media critic and a pioneer of cultural studies! believed traditional biographies focus on individuals while isolating them from their communities. The author introduces us to Williams and his time period of social change and crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1 Formation and Language Chapter 3 2 Institution Chapter 4 3 Cultural Form Chapter 5 4 Theory Chapter 6 5 Politics and Letters Chapter 7 Appendix A: "Television: News Values" Chapter 8 Appendix B: Raymond Williams and Anarchism Chapter 9 Select Bibliography Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 About the Author

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: &apos, Alan Connor, O&apos, Alan O'Connor, Alan O''connor, O'Connor Alan
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.10.2005
• EAN: 9780742530997
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3099-7
• Pagine: 144
• Serie: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture; Critical Media Studies (Hardco; Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General