regional identity

stereotypes

London - landan posh rich people
Essex- fake tan chavy fake eyelashes
scotland - kilts & men with beards 


Benedict anderson (1983) - the unification of people in the modern world is achieved not by military but by cultural means, in particular the media system enables people (of a nation or region) to feel part of a coherent, meaningful and homogenous.

corrigan (1992) - Identity is fluid, unstable and continent on circumstances. 

Higson (1989) - “Representations of national/regional identity are constructed as the narrative of the text unfolds, as characters are pitted against one another, so a sense of identity emerges…but at the same time producers often resort to stereotyping as a means of establishing character and identity.”