Representaition of regional and national identity

Representation of regional and national identity 

The oxford dictionary's definition for the word identity "is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is", this means someone's identity is how they're identified so regional and national identities are how people from different regions and nations are identified. regional and national identities are highly stereo typical and more often than not are wrong.

regional identity

regions are smaller segments of nations which means people who live in the same nation will share  national identities but have different regional identities, an example of how regional identities in the UK are portrayed through TV are in the show raised by wolves, it follows the life of a single wolverhampton mum raising a poor family on benefits and the humour of their struggles, it showcases several stereotypes from their region including people being broke and scrimping


common representations for regional identity are :

london- rich, posh, snobs or poor, common, criminals

manchester- chavs, fake designer, tracksuits, aggressive

essex- cheap, glamouros, footballers wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid

yorkshire- rural countryside, rolling hills, cobbled streets

conrwall- "backwards" living in rural areas, working on farms

national identity



scottish- mean with their money, outdoors, aggressive, wear kilts, eat haggis, heavy alcoholics

welsh - sheep shaggers country dwellers

irrish- farmers, being verry religious, friendly, dancers and singers

english - racist, obsessed with beer, love football, posh, happy, nieve