Gender, Sex and Gossip in Ambridge: Women in The Archers (The Academic Archers book set)

by Cara Courage (Editor), Nicola Headlam (Editor)

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Paperback
2019
$26.32

The intrepid team of researchers who brought you Custard, Culverts and Cake: Academics on Life in The Archers return with a hard-hitting expose on the lives of the women of Ambridge. In this new book, the Archers Academics are joined by former The Archers editor, Alison Hindell and real-life Academic Archer Dr Charlotte Connor (a.k.a. Susan Carter), to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, and motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.
Gender, Sex and Gossip in Ambridge gives the reader a deeper understanding of the real life issues covered in the programme, an insight into the residents of Ambridge, and validation that hours of listening to The Archers is, in fact, academic research.

Synopsis

The intrepid team of researchers who brought you Custard, Culverts and Cake: Academics on Life in The Archers return with a hard-hitting expose on the lives of the women of Ambridge. In this new book, the Archers Academics are joined by former The Archers editor, Alison Hindell and real-life Academic Archer Dr Charlotte Connor (a.k.a. Susan Carter), to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, and motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.
Gender, Sex and Gossip in Ambridge gives the reader a deeper understanding of the real life issues covered in the programme, an insight into the residents of Ambridge, and validation that hours of listening to The Archers is, in fact, academic research.

$26.32

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 05 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 178769948X
ISBN 13: 9781787699489

Media Reviews

Researchers working in areas ranging from philosophy to psychology to education in the UK, New Zealand, and Canada provide 14 essays that examine social, political, economic, and cultural issues in the radio show The Archers and its characters and how they support or challenge tropes of feminist or post-feminist lives. They discuss the informal networks of the women characters' talk and gossip as sites of power and resistance when men are in charge of more formal arenas; the gendered implications of the home in the show, including decisions about unexpected pregnancies and the underrepresentation of mental health problems; and gendered implications beyond the home as women in the show participate in the workforce, including in science, sports, and entrepreneurship, as well as whether the show reflects contemporary values on gender and sexuality diversity. Other essays share insights into the making of the show. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *

Author Bio

Dr Cara Courage is Head of Tate Exchange, UK, the Tate's platform dedicated to socially engaged art, and an arts, society and place curator, researcher, writer and practitioner.Dr Nicola Headlam is the Head of the Northern Powerhouse within the Cities and Local Growth Unit, currently on secondment from her Research Fellowship at The University of Oxford, UK.