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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254789103321

Autore

Dickenson J

Titolo

Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century / / by J. Dickenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-51434-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 144 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Civilization—History

Social history

History, Modern

Islands of the Pacific—History

Industries

Cultural History

Social History

Modern History

Australasian History

History

Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Advertising : a suitable career? -- Educating shoppers in the 1920s -- Elma Kelly's empire : an Australian in Asia -- Looking out to the world -- The girls who made it -- Advertising and beyond -- Women experts and consumer culture -- Selling fashion after World War Two -- Bold invaders : the impact of the women's movement.

Sommario/riassunto

When did Australian women first enter the advertising industry? The stereotypical advertising executive might be a pony-tailed, Ferrari-driving, young-ish man, but women have worked in Australian advertising agencies from the first years of the modern industry, and today they comprise half of the industry's workforce. Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century rescues these women from their obscurity. By employing a broader definition of advertising than



usual, this study reveals the important role women have played in the development of the Australian advertising industry, sheds light on women's struggle to reach the higher echelons of the industry, and considers why the popular image of the advertising executive is at such variance from the reality. The experiences of these remarkable women across a century of Australian advertising provide valuable information on the role of gender in the development of this ubiquitous industry, as well as the encroachment of consumer culture.