We have been working on Representation of Teenagers. In many of the presentations of reality you found, you have come across Stereotypes being used to represent groups of people or certain characters.
Task: Can you select one of the examples from your presentation and write about them in your book? Using the work you did with your group, you need to use one image of the character and explain how they are being represented by commenting on:
- facial expression
- styling e.g.: hair, make-up, clothes, costume, props
- background (the mise en scene). What does the background/ setting/ location they are in tell us about them
Stereotype - a generalisation (often true but can contain falsehoods) e.g. Brits drink tea
Countertype - a challenge to a stereotype, presents an alternative view of a group e.g. women being practical and good at DIY or men being sensitive and understanding
Atypical - not representative of a type, group, or class
Quintessential - representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. Often timeless e.g. Bowler hats and suits for upper class Brits
Zeitgeist - typical of the time, captures the dominant mood/fashion of a time. Only popular for a fleeting moment e.g. a particular fashion or musical movement
EXTENSION WORK
Everything we have done revolves around 'stereotypes'
1. Copy Tessa Perkins' views on stereotypes into you books
2. Include an example for each (I have done the first for you) as well as an example from TV, Film or Magazine
Stereotypes - Tessa Perkins
Rethinking Stereotypes - (Tessa Perkins)
1. Stereotypes are not always wrong - The English do drink tea
2. They are not always negative concepts
3. They are about groups with whom we have little or no social contact; by implication, therefore, they are not held about our own group(s)
4. They are not always about minority (or oppressed) groups
5. They can be simple or complicated
6. They are not rigid and can change
7. People often believe some parts of a stereotype but not always all
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