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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.
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.
Preface: What are the Women of Ambridge Telling us?; Nicola Headlam and Cara Courage Section One - Inside Ambridge Chapter 1. In Conversation with Alison Hindell; Nicola Headlam and Cara Courage Chapter 2. 'I'm Not One to Gossip': Roots, Rumour and Mental Well-Being in Ambridge; Charlotte Connor, The University of Warwick, Aka Charlotte Martin, Actor, Susan Carter in BBC Radio 4 The Archers Section Two - Women's Talk: Informal Information Networks that Sustain the Village Chapter 3. Neighbourhood Watch: Gossip, Power and the Working-Class Matriarch in The Archers; Claire Mortimer Chapter 4. In Praise of Gossip - Why Tongue-Wagging and the Rumour Mill are Important in Ambridge; Louise Gillies Chapter 5. 'Almost Without Exception they are Shown in their Relation to Men': Ambridge Women and their Conversations; Sarah Kate Merry Chapter 6. Foucault, Freda Fry and the Power of Silent Characters on the Radio; Rebecca Wood Section Three - Gendered Expectations: Within the Home Chapter 7. 'This Isn't About Curry, Alistair': Shula Hebden-Lloyd and Iris Murdoch on Love; Hannah Marije Altorf Chapter 8. Oh Baby! Unplanned Pregnancy and a Woman's Right to Choose; Carolynne Henshaw Chapter 9. Women's Work?: Civil Society Networks for Social Stability or Social Change in Ambridge; Nicola Headlam Chapter 10. Strong or Silenced? The Under-Representation of Mental Health Problems in Ambridge's Women; Elizabeth Campion Section Four - Gendered Expectations: Beyond the Home Chapter 11. 'What Would the Neighbours Say?': Gender and Sexual Diversity in The Archers; William Pitt Chapter 12. Ambridge: Keeping The Pipeline of Uk Female Scientists Flowing; Jane Turner and Clare Warren Chapter 13. I Am Woman Hear Me Roar - And Now Watch Me Play Cricket; Katharine Hoskyn Chapter 14 - Sow's Ears and Silk Purses: Upcycling and The Archers; Madeleine Lefebvre
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.
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.
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.
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