Class and status powerpoint with gledis
- 1. Class and Status Gledis and Abigail. Key code = Abigail: Gledis: Group work:
- 2. Mind map of class and status. Working class. White collar Less manners + values. Hegemonic Job titles. masculinity. Class and Aristocracy. Blue blood. Status. Wealth. Mingling with Political status. the upper classes. High/low status. Tories/Liberals/ Poverty – Economic status Social Labour. status
- 3. Stereotypes about our topic. • Common stereotypes concerning class and status are: • Lower class families are uneducated and poor. They have bad manners and are typically engaged in criminal activity. • Upper class people are snobby, arrogant, rude and tend to look down on others. • Another upper class stereotype is that wealthy people usually tend to be unaware of how people in the ‘real world’ live and the problems they face. • Being lower class limits your chances to succeed in life. • Lower classes come from a particular ethnic background, and the negative stereotypes associated with that ethnicity are then linked to their class.
- 4. Debates about our topic. • That your class affects who you become and what you can do. • Whether class is relevant in today’s society (Boundaries of class are fragmenting and people are finding it harder to identify themselves as a particular class.) • The varying limitations that being a lower class citizen enables, i.e. material deprivation can stop you from having the funds to purchase things needed for school (– your class is what has been your downfall). • The link between class and status (i.e. Being a higher class gives you a higher status and vice versa.) – If this can enable corruption amongst the classes. • Whether it is class that is important in society, or if its your ethnicity/gender.
- 5. British TV Drama’s that can relate to our topic. • Downton Abbey – • Upstairs Downstairs – • - Merlin.
- 6. British TV Drama’s that can relate to our topic. • Trinity – • Larkrise to Candleford -
- 7. Films that relate to our topic. • Ever After – In this film, the character’s class holds her back, as she is a slave. When she pretends to be royal, this all changes for her, and its obvious that her class affected her status.
- 8. Films that relate to our topic. • Mona Lisa Smile – A teacher who attended a state university is hired to teach at an upper class university. She finds that her students treat her differently because of the school she went to. The girls that she teach are taught to follow through with the traditional upper/middle class life, where they marry into a good family and become home keepers, which is traditional of the upper/middle class of the 1950s.
- 9. People. Brick wall behind, The hairstyle which could allude to reinforces her an estate/council class, as it is housing. slicked back and looks quite chav-y. The big hoops reinforces the chav stereotype,. An audience can gather Makeup of this this impression character shows from just looking at that she may be her face. lower class, as the makeup isn’t conservative and is overdone. Soap Opera
- 10. People. His neat hairstyle Exterior reinforces his setting, which upper class is crisp and stereotypes as it clean looking, makes him look which looks very pristine and like it could be well-kept. part of a big garden. He has a clean His shirt could shave which again suggest emphasises the sophistication stereotype that which is normally upper class people associated with are very well-kept. people who are deemed as ‘posh’ or ‘snobby’. Soap Opera
- 11. People. She looks arrogant, and quite cocky. Her stance makes her look like she doesn’t/won’t identify with those beneath her. Her makeup is neat, This character’s but is much more hair is styled toned down, this well indicating makes her look more she has more middle class. time/money to spend on her hair, and may even be middle class. Her clothes are nice, and look like they’re from the upper end of the high-street which again suggests that she is middle class. Teen Drama
- 12. People. Her makeup is quite heavy, which The character’s hair is is usually associated very messy and wild. This would enforce certain with lower class stereotypes and views people as it looks which would deem her as quite tacky and lower or middle class as it would be assumed that unsophisticated. she is not well groomed and doesn't know how to take care of her appearance. This is usually a stereotype of lower class people. Facial expression: She has a little bit of a cheeky grin which could suggest she’s up to no good. This reinforces stereotypes that Teen Drama lower class people tend to be disruptive within society.
- 13. People. The only part of this image that suggests their class is their costume, which shows how important costume is. Their costumes are slightly worn, suggesting they’re hard workers, and may even be manual workers. Costume Drama
- 14. People. Her jewellery and crown not only imply that she is wealthy but also of a very high and important status. -Crowns are associated with royalty. Her costume also emphasises her wealth and status as it is expensive clothing worn by royalty at the time of when the drama is set. The pearl necklace implies Costume Drama wealth as they are an expensive piece of jewellery.
- 15. People. They’re both well presented and look The use of costume professional and suggests that both intelligent, which makes characters have them seem middle class. well paid jobs and therefore have a high status. Police/Crime Drama
- 16. People. They are all well The use of costume presented as their suggests that the uniform is neat and so is characters are from a their hair and make-up well respected for the females. profession, which therefore implies they are most likely middle class. Police officers are usually stereotyped as being middle class. Police/Crime Drama
- 17. Places. It has connotations of being quite rough, where working class/ It creates a negative under class live. representation of Locations like this stereotypes, as usually are low in status, as in television dramas, an individual can negative events instantly assume happen in locations that negative thing that look like this. will happen there, e.g. muggings and general crimes.
- 18. Places. This stereotype is reinforced by the look of these types Houses in London of houses. suburbia are usually E.g. the large green thought of to be front yard and the owned by very wealthy size of such houses upper class families as (quite big). they are quite expensive. Houses such as this once would normally be placed in a nice quiet neighbourhood
- 19. Places. A location like this usually creates positive representations of what a typical middle-class home would look like. It looks like it is in a good area, so an audience can instantly assume that events that may take place here are more likely to be safe. This location matches up with what you could assume the home of the two barristers may look like, as it is expensive-looking and is inviting.
- 20. Places. Apartments located right in the middle of major cities like London are usually quite expensive to rent out or buy. This is not only due to their convenient location but also the quality of the apartments. E.g. The building has a nice design and looks quite new and clean. Such locations would stereotypically associated with people with middle or upper class people.
- 21. Places. This reinforces stereotypes of the upper class, who typically spend a lot of money on massive homes. This reinforcement in some ways can be quite negative, as it can lead to resentment of the upper classes.
- 22. Places. • The isolated location also implies wealth and high class as apartments which are on the outskirts of the city tend to be more expensive. • The sleek white tables suggest sophistication and wealth. • The white implies sterility which is stereotypically associated with someone who could be hostile.
- 23. Themes/Topics/Real World Issues. • A real world issue regarding class and status is the way that lower class people are represented in the media. • E.g. the London riots in the summer of 2011 were associated with lower class uneducated people. • The people involved in the rioting were stereotyped as lower class people who lived in poor estate buildings.