7 June 2008
'Good American Speech' comes from Melbourne
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How an Australian invented 'Good American Speech' in the golden age of Hollywood. The historian Desley Deacon tells Jill Kitson about Australia's own Henry Higgins.
Guests
Desley Deacon,
Professor of Gender History and head of the history program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra.
Further Information
World English? How an Australian Invented 'Good American Speech'
Desley Deacon's essay on William Tilley can be read online, in the publication, 'Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity: Essays on the history of sound', edited by Joy Damousi and Desley Deacon and published by ANU E Press.
Publications
Title: Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity: Essays on the history of sound
Author: Edited by Joy Damousi and Desley Deacon
Publisher: ANU E Press
Presenter
Maria Zijlstra
Producer
Carey Dell
Story Researcher and Producer
Jill Kitson
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