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Ruth Price: creating a nation’s pop scene
Women's History Review, Pages: 1 - 18
Swansea University Author: Non Williams
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09612025.2024.2415736
Abstract
In Wales, during the 1960s, the seeds of a devolved nation were being sown. The Welsh Language Society was established in 1962, and Gwynfor Evans, first Member of Parliament for Plaid Cymru, was elected in 1966. Against this backdrop Ruth Price left her post as headmistress in 1961 to forge a career...
| Published in: | Women's History Review |
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| ISSN: | 0961-2025 1747-583X |
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Informa UK Limited
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67979 |
| Abstract: |
In Wales, during the 1960s, the seeds of a devolved nation were being sown. The Welsh Language Society was established in 1962, and Gwynfor Evans, first Member of Parliament for Plaid Cymru, was elected in 1966. Against this backdrop Ruth Price left her post as headmistress in 1961 to forge a career at the B.B.C. This article traces a career that led to her successful pop music series Disc a Dawn (Disc and Talent) (1966–73) in which she demonstrated an understanding of the vital role pop music had in addressing a youth audience. In doing so, she ensured the cultural capital of the Welsh language amongst young people and demonstrated the importance of light entertainment for public service broadcasting. |
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| Keywords: |
Wales; Welsh language; youth; light entertainment; pop music; television; Disc a Dawn |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Swansea University |
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18 |