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The Archers Academics are joined by former The Archers editor, Alison Hindell and actor Dr Charlotte Connor (a.k.a. Susan Carter), to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
The Archers Academics are joined by former The Archers editor, Alison Hindell and actor Dr Charlotte Connor (a.k.a. Susan Carter), to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.
