Thursday, 12 January 2017

Regional Identity

Regional Identity refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone is from. In film & TV certain people who come from certain areas are stereotypes. For example:

 London

The main stereotype is that they are posh, happy and rich people, they wear designer clothes and have strong English accents. An example of this is Eastenders which is set in east London.

Yorkshire

They are seen to be people that live in rural areas with cobbled streets. An example of this stereotype is in Emmerdale

Manchester

Often referred to as 'chavs', lower class, drinking a lot and wearing tracksuit. An example of this is Coronation Street.

Regional identity comes from the opinion of someone usually from a complete different are of the world or the UK. This can usually stem from the way the portrayal of this area in a film or TV show.

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