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Staging a Revolution : When Betty Rocked the Pram / Kenny, Kath.

By: Publisher: Perth, Western Australia : Upswell Publishing, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 269 pages. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780645248050
  • 0645248053
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.082 23
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's note -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A leap of faith -- Chapter 2. From La Mama to the Pram -- Chapter 3. As a woman ... -- Chapter 4. Rehearsals for revolution -- Chapter 5. Betty's run -- Chapter 6. Betty rocks the Pram -- Chapter 7. Betty's legacy -- Chapter 8. Betty and Helen -- Chapter 9. Betty today -- Afterword -- Photograph descriptions -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: Claire Dobbin, Helen Garner, Evelyn Krape, Jude Kuring and Yvonne Marini mocked the ocker character beloved by Pram Factory playwrights, and performed monologues about men, sex, and how they felt "as a woman". Directed by Kerry Dwyer and produced by the Carlton Women's Liberation group, the play's frank revelations stunned audiences and shocked the Pram Factory world. Set against a backdrop of moratorium marches, inner-city cafes and share houses, and the rising tide of sexual liberation and countercultural movements, Kath Kenny uses interviews and archival material to tell the story of Betty Can Jump. On the 50th anniversary of this ground-breaking play, she considers its ongoing impact on Australian culture, and asks why the great cultural renaissance of women's liberation has been largely forgotten. She sets out her stake in this story, as a theatre reviewer today and as a child born into the revolutionary early 1970s. And she asks why feminism keeps getting stuck in mother-daughter battles, rethinking her own experience as a young feminist who clashed with Garner over the publication of The First Stone.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 792.082 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90673

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's note -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A leap of faith -- Chapter 2. From La Mama to the Pram -- Chapter 3. As a woman ... -- Chapter 4. Rehearsals for revolution -- Chapter 5. Betty's run -- Chapter 6. Betty rocks the Pram -- Chapter 7. Betty's legacy -- Chapter 8. Betty and Helen -- Chapter 9. Betty today -- Afterword -- Photograph descriptions -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Back Cover.

Claire Dobbin, Helen Garner, Evelyn Krape, Jude Kuring and Yvonne Marini mocked the ocker character beloved by Pram Factory playwrights, and performed monologues about men, sex, and how they felt "as a woman". Directed by Kerry Dwyer and produced by the Carlton Women's Liberation group, the play's frank revelations stunned audiences and shocked the Pram Factory world. Set against a backdrop of moratorium marches, inner-city cafes and share houses, and the rising tide of sexual liberation and countercultural movements, Kath Kenny uses interviews and archival material to tell the story of Betty Can Jump. On the 50th anniversary of this ground-breaking play, she considers its ongoing impact on Australian culture, and asks why the great cultural renaissance of women's liberation has been largely forgotten. She sets out her stake in this story, as a theatre reviewer today and as a child born into the revolutionary early 1970s. And she asks why feminism keeps getting stuck in mother-daughter battles, rethinking her own experience as a young feminist who clashed with Garner over the publication of The First Stone.

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