Gender, sex and gossip in Ambridge : women in the Archers /

• Other Authors: Courage, Cara (Editor), Headlam, Nicola (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Archers (Radio program); Radio programs > Great Britain > Criticism and interpretation.; Social Science > Popular Culture.; Popular culture.

The intrepid team of researchers who brought you Custard, Culverts and Cake: Academics on Life in The Archers return with a hard-hitting exposé 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 Academ...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Preface
• Section One Inside Ambridge
• Section Two Women's talk: informal information networks that sustain the village
• Section Three Gendered expectations: within the home
• Section Four Gendered expectations: beyond the home
• Index of Ambridge residents
• Index.