Regional Identity

Regional Identity refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone isfrom. It could refer to a general areasuch a “north” or “south”, a country such as “English” or “Scottish” or specific towns such as “London” or “Manchester.”

How is regional identity identified? 

1. Setting
2. Accents
3. Dialogue
4. Props
5. Make up
6. Class of characters
7. Costumes

Regions that represent the UK

·      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STIvNjWobzA

Stereotypes of Liverpudlians: 

1. Drunks
2. Limited Vocabulary
3. Agressive
4. Permed Hair
5. Funny Accents
6. Easy Going
7. Scouser

Various TV shows with their region

Shameless - 

1. accent
2. "daft bugger"
3. hiccuping (drunk)
4. urban grimy counsel house area (working/lower class) manchester
5.  foul language
6. no self respect

The only way is essex -

1. makeup
2. accent
3. "like"
4.  "bun"
5.  trouble pronouncing words
6. house music
7. fake tan
8. vein
9. well off in terms of money
10. wealthy lifestyle compared to Shameless

Made in Chelsea -

1. Camping in France
2. Well spoken
3. Suits
4. Dresses
5. Look after themselves

Regional Stereotypes:

Scottish - often shows as being money obsessed, won't pay for anything, drinks a lot of alcohol loves the outdoors, wears kilts, eats haggis, quite aggressive and violent

Welsh - often shown as living in the middle of the countywide, with people making jokes about them "shagging sheep"

Irish - often shown as living in the countryside, working in rural areas such as farms, being very religious, being good at dancing and singing, very friendly but less intelligent

English - often shown as being recast, obsessed with beer and football living in London. Sometimes the stereotype goes in the opposite direction of showing English people as very rich posh, happy, living in castles and being very "royal"

London – There are 2 main stereotypes of Londoners. One is that they are often shown as being rich, posh, snobby, upper class, Hugh Grant types from Central or West London. The other is that they often shown as being from north, east or south London, poor, common, lower class, criminalistic, violent “Kidulthood” style.

Manchester / Newcastle / Liverpool – Often shown as being “chavs”, wearing fake designer labels, or tracksuits, drinking a lot, being aggressive, uneducated, criminals

Essex – often shown as being glamourous but cheap, footballer’s wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid

Yorkshire – Often shown as living in rural countryside, with rolling hills and cobbled streets, being quite old fashioned

Cornwall/Somerset – Often shown as being “backwards”, living in rural areas, working on farms

During the clip viewed, people from Devonshire or Cornwall are portrayed as socially insignificant. For example, the character from Devon was pranked into phoning his boss and complimenting him in a homosexual manner.

South England – often shown as being the centre of culture, modern, classy, clever, sunny, richer, doing middle class jobs such as managers, etc.

During the clip, people from the south of England were represented as wealthy since they were well dressed and work at a high class role

North England – often shown as being poorer, bad weather, lower class, aggressive, less culture, less clever, doing working class jobs such as builders, etc.

If regional identity is in the exam, think about the following things when watching the clip: