Realising an absent presence: women writers as keepers of the national language culture (1915-1945) by Suzanne Baker, 2005

MLMSS 9948

fonds

2005

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0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - computer printout

Suzanne Baker is a feminist, journalist and film producer who has worked for a variety of media companies including the Australian Broadcasting Commission and Film Australia, and newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald. Her thesis explores the influence of female writers on the development of slang and idiom, and that this "provided substantial, largely unacknowledged material to Sidney J. Baker in his historical records of Australianisms in 'The Australian Language' and it's sequel, 'Australia Speaks'." (p.1)

References:
Baker, Suzanne, (2005) Realising An Absent Presence: women writers as keepers of the national language culture (1915-1945)

Jones, Shirley, (2006) "July lunch hour talk. Speaker: Suzanne Baker. Back-to Front Career. One of the positive results of the" Newsletter Jessie Street National Women's Library http://www.nationalwomenslibrary.org/forms/newsletter_nov06.pdf [accessed 13/06/2017]

One spiral bound volume entitled "Realising an Absent Presence", 2005. In this work, Suzanne Baker explores the similarities in use of slang between Sidney J. Baker and female authors, 1915-1945. Suzanne Baker goes on to discuss the contributions made by female authors in comparison to their male contemporaries upon the development of slang between the war years.

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Copyright holder:: Suzanne Baker
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Suzanne Baker