Tuesday, 25 May 2021

SOCIAL & CULTURAL CONTEXTS in THE OBSERVER 1960s

 Representation of women 

* Queen visits the Mourning Valley, looking very "solemn"

*Women are typically represented in ads such as the Wolsey ad.

* A darker skinned woman is shown with a white man with the quote "Jackie: we are happy"

mentions of ethnicity (or lack of it)

* A story about a mixed race couple that was deemed newsworthy 

* "Briton shoots a gold" there was a protest for black power at the Mexico Olympics.

* there was very little representation

Social conditions

*" lawyers urge divorce by consent"

* "police will appease marchers"


02 news: representation

1 which women are represented and how they are represented?  Women are under represented in the 1960s Observer which reflects a patriarchal ...