Raymond Williams and Local Cultures
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 23 (2) , 229-238
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a230229
Abstract
In this paper it is maintained that Raymond Williams's writings on culture are of great importance to current developments in cultural geography. His work is periodised into three stages and its different subject matters identified. An interpretation of Williams's theory of culture is offered which places particular emphasis on his concepts of ‘structure of feeling’ and ‘knowable community’. The creative tension between Williams's holistic treatment of culture and his stress on cultural struggle is examined. The paper concludes with some suggestions on the uses to be made of Williams's work.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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