The latest book in the ANU.Lives Series in Biography was published in December and titled Maori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye, by Dr Karen Fox from the National Centre of Biography.

This book is the first in-depth study of media portrayals of well-known Indigenous women in Australia and New Zealand, including Goolagong, Te Kanawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Dame Whina Cooper. The power of the media in shaping the lives of individuals and communities, for good or ill, is widely acknowledged. In these pages, Karen Fox examines an especially fascinating and revealing aspect of the media and its history — how prominent Māori and Aboriginal women were depicted for the readers of popular media in the past.

The ANU.Lives Series in Biography was established by the National Centre of Biography. It aims to publish lively, engaging and provocative biographies and memoirs and nurture best practice in biographical scholarship. Books published in the series will engage critically with issues and problems in historiography and life writing.

For more information or to order your copy visit:
http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/anu-lives-series-in-biography/maori-and-aboriginal-women-in-the-public-eye