Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary - Paperback

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Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary - Paperback

Name: Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary - Paperback
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by The Keywords Project (Editor)

From nature to cultural appropriation, and from black to terror, the most important words in political and cultural debate have complicated and complex histories. Keywords for Today takes us deep into the history of these and other important words in the English language, helping us to better understand our contemporary world.

Author Biography

The Keywords Project is an independent group of scholars who, with the support of the University of Pittsburgh, Jesus College, Cambridge, and the academic journal Critical Quarterly, have spent more than a decade preparing Keywords for Today.

Colin MacCabe is Distinguished Professor of English and Film at the University of Pittsburgh. He taught the history of modern and Early Modern English at Cambridge and Strathclyde universities before becoming Head of Production at the British Film Institute in 1985. Since then he has combined literary criticism and film production.

Holly Yanacek is Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at James Madison University. Her research focuses on 19th century and 20th century German literature, emotion studies, narrative theory, moral philosophy, and cultural studies.

Number of Pages: 416

Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

Publication Date: October 01, 2018

ISBN	9780190636579
Publisher	Oxford University Press, USA
Genre	Education
Format	Paperback
Published	October 2018
Language	ENG- English
Pages	416
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print