The BBC and Gendered Labour
How Wartime Restrictions Reshaped the Corporation, 1939-45
The BBC and Gendered Labour
How Wartime Restrictions Reshaped the Corporation, 1939-45
Description
The BBC and Gendered Labour details how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turned to women to cope with demands on broadcasting and pervasive labour shortages, ultimately reshaping gendered employment policies during the Second World War.
The BBC played a central role in buoying the morale of the British public during the Second World War. While many of the personalities and programming popular during the war – from Dame Vera Lynn to the Brain's Trust – still feature in the public perception of the home front, the organisation behind the microphone is remembered only as a stern aunt. The BBC's tense relationship with the government added further pressure, exposing fragile foundations of the organisational structures that influence career advancement within organisations.
In this book, Terkanian discusses how women were key in the BBC's efforts to maintain independence from the government and meet staffing shortages amidst the Second World War. Drawing from media studies and gender studies, The BBC and Gendered Labour offers a notable contribution to understanding the cultural and social significance of women's creative labour and role in early broadcasting history.
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Table of Contents
2. Gender and the Organisation
3. Solving a Crisis of Staff – Recruitment in the Administration Division
4. Engineering's Fight for Staff
5. Women Find Their Place in Engineering
6. Nationality, Security, and Competition
7. Postscript
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798765111604 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 16 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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