Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Social Class: Reinforcing Cultural Hegemony/Dominant Ideologies

  • Working class British youths are generally represented as being violent, brutal, unapologetic, criminals, addictive personalities - Harry Brown, Kidulthood, Quadrophenia, Eden Lake.
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  • Middle class British youths are generally represented as being more law abiding, conscience citizens - The Inbetweeners
  • On- top of this the antagonists are always the working class youths and middle class adults are positioned to be the protagonists.

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