Media tarts / Julia Baird ; with a foreword by Annabel Crabb.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2021Copyright date: copyright2021Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: 400 pages ; 24 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733341922 (paperback)Other title: Media tarts : how the Australian press frames female politiciansSubject(s): 1900-1999 | Politics and government | Politics, Practical | Women in the civil service | Women -- Political activity | Women in mass media | Women in politics -- Australia | Women in mass media | Women politicians -- Australia -- Public opinion | Politics, Practical -- Australia | Women in the civil service -- Australia | Women -- Political activity -- Australia | Australia | Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 320.994082 LOC classification: HQ1236.5.A8 | B35 2021Summary: Julia Baird's seminal work, Media Tarts, was originally published in 2004. Based on a series of extensive interviews, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of a generation of prominent female politicians on the Australian political system, exploring the part played by the press in their downfall. Almost two decades later, it is evident how little has changed. Now revisited and updated with a new foreword, Media Tarts is essential reading from one of our foremost journalists and political commentators, providing a powerful, sobering and incisive insight into how deep the currents of misogyny run, and how the media continues to treat female politicians. If we want to understand what is happening today, and avoid the endless repeating of the same story, we need to reckon with our past.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 320 .994 BAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 15/05/2024 | AL4200024631XB |
Originally published: Melbourne, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2004.
Bibliography: pages 381-400.
Julia Baird's seminal work, Media Tarts, was originally published in 2004. Based on a series of extensive interviews, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of a generation of prominent female politicians on the Australian political system, exploring the part played by the press in their downfall. Almost two decades later, it is evident how little has changed. Now revisited and updated with a new foreword, Media Tarts is essential reading from one of our foremost journalists and political commentators, providing a powerful, sobering and incisive insight into how deep the currents of misogyny run, and how the media continues to treat female politicians. If we want to understand what is happening today, and avoid the endless repeating of the same story, we need to reckon with our past.
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