Andrews Kylie - Trailblazing Women Of Australian Public Broadcasting 1945 1975 - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting 1945 - 1975 offers a compelling new perspective of Australian radio and television history. It chronicles how a group of female producers defied the odds and forged remarkable careers in the traditionally male domain of public - affairs production at the ABC in the post - war decades. Kay Kinane Catherine King Ther se Denny and Joyce Belfrage were ambitious and resourceful producers part of the vanguard of Australian broadcasters who used mass media as a vehicle for their social and political activism. Fiercely dedicated to their audiences they wrote directed and produced ground - breaking documentaries and current affairs programs that celebrated Australian life while also challenging its cultural complacency its racism and sexism. They immersed themselves in the ABC's many networks of collaboration and initiated a range of strategies to expand their agency and authority. With vivid descriptions of life at the ABC it traces their careers as they crossed borders and crossed mediums following them as they worked on location shoots and in production offices in television studios control rooms and radio booths. In doing so it highlights the barriers both official and unofficial that confronted so many women working in broadcasting after World War II.
Title: Trailblazing Women Of Australian Public Broadcasting 1945 1975
Author(s): Andrews Kylie
Publisher: Anthem Press
Barcode: 9781839982576
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 7/5/2022
Series: Anthem Studies in Australian History
Category: Social & Cultural History