Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
6103HIST-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To trace the origins and trajectory of place identities
2. Examine the ways in which different place identities are depicted
3. Engage with academic work on place identities
Learning Outcomes
1.
Synthesise factors that generate and influence English place identities over time.
2.
Evaluate primary sources that describe English place identities
3.
Synthesise and evaluate academic assessments of English place identities
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Places and people
North and South
The Cockney
The Geordie
The Scouser
The Brummie
The Cornish
The Yorkshireman
The Lancashire Lass
Essex Girls and Men
Conclusions
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to trace the origins and trajectory of place identities and examine the ways in which different place identities are depicted. You will also explore the similarities and differences between place identities.
The aim of this module is to trace the origins and trajectory of place identities and examine the ways in which different place identities are depicted. You will also explore the similarities and differences between place identities.
Additional Information:This module introduces students to the diversity of British place identities, their history and significance. These sub-national identities relate to one another and to national identities. In addition, place identities illustrate gender, generational and occupational hierarchies. A swift dismissal of these place identities as ‘mere stereotypes’ does nothing to aid our understanding of why these representations have come into being. Each representation furthers our understanding of the physical, social and cultural make-up of the British Isles. Jokes, sport, clothing, food, accent and dialect, work, music and many other cultural forms shed light on the internal others within each of the ‘four nations’ of the British Isles.