10.17192/meta.2017.7.6330 Storey, John John Storey The Politics of Culture Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 7 (2017) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017 Signification and Power Raymond Williams Cultural Studies Meaning and Social Practice Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2017-01-27 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6330 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2017-179-63302 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2017.7.179 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6330/6330.png 2196-629X application/pdf This article provides an overview over the evolution of thinking about "culture" in the work of Raymond Williams. With the introduction of Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony culture came to be understood as consisting of not only shared, but contested meanings as well. On the basis of this redefinition by Williams, cultural studies was able to delineate culture as the production, circulation, and consumption of meanings that become embodied and embedded in social practice. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 7 (2017)