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The University of Oxford is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Quickly becoming part of the cultural imagination, Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford": "For him was levere have at his beddes heed/ Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed,/ of Aristotle and his philosophie/ Than robes riche, or fithele,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    University of Oxford in popular culture

    Oxford University is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Quickly becoming part of the cultural imagination, Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford": "For him was levere have at his beddes heed/ Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed,/ of Aristotle and his philosophie/ Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie".
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    Popular culture

    Popular culture changes constantly and occurs uniquely in place and time. ... Oxford University Press.
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    Culture

    Arnold contrasted mass/popular culture with social chaos or anarchy. ... Oxford: Oxford University Press
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    Video game culture

    Gaming and popular culture ... ↑ Castells, Manuel (2001), "The Internet Galaxy", Oxford University Press, Oxford pp. 9-35
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    Oxford

    Blackwells Bookshop is a very popular tourist attraction in Oxford. ... Culture
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    Dual inheritance theory

    While Memetics is much better known in popular culture, it is less influential in academia. ... Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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    Oxford University Press

    Gell's idea of ‘efficiency’ appeared to violate that culture, although subsequently a very similar programme of reform was put into practice from the inside. ... University of Oxford
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    Culture of France

    Dauncey, Hugh, ed. French Popular Culture: An Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press (Arnold Publishers), 2003.
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    African American culture

    Spoken word artistry is another example of how the African American oral tradition has influenced modern popular culture. ... Oxford University Press.
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    Culture of Australia

    Traditional "high culture" gains small attention from much of the population, in contrast to popular culture. ... The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture (2001)

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