HETERO- AND AUTOSTEREOTYPES ON THE EXAMPLE OF ENGLAND

HETERO- AND AUTOSTEREOTYPES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ENGLAND) Presented by: Elena Nekrylova, Yana Sholokhova, IV year, ICC 3. Moscow - 2013

Survey Marinina, Yelena Viktorovna - “The Angel of the North” Twelve icons of England – twelve immediate associations Three groups of respondents: Russians Europeans the English

Stereotype 1922, Walter Lippmann Stereotype — a readily available image of a given social group, usually based on rough, often negative generalizations

Hetero- and Autostereotypes Stereotypes that concern one's own group/the other group Auto-stereotype: In my opinion WE are… (Projected auto-stereotype: In my opinion they think that WE are…) Hetero-stereotype: In my opinion THEY are… (Projected hetero-stereotype: In my opinion they think that THEY are…)

Russians about England 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Big Ben Elizabeth II double-decker tea Oxford London The Beatles Shakespeare Princess Diana The Tower Sherlock Holmes Cambridge

Europeans about England 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. English breakfast tea bulldog The Times gentleman beer royal family cricket bad weather fish and chips double-decker various associations, no distinct leader

The English about England Stonehenge Punch and Judy – a traditional English puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife, Judy.

The English about England The Empire Windrush: arrived in Britain on 22 June 1948, carrying 493 passengers from Jamaica wishing to start a new life in the United Kingdom. The passengers were the first large group of West Indian immigrants to the UK after the Second World War British African-Caribbean community.

The English about England The portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein (1536/7) – an iconic image; while destroyed by fire in 1698 it is still well known today through many copies. tea

The English about England Football League Cup – a national football c ompetition between all league clubs in England founded in 1960; important for the respondents was the trophy itself, not the game. Alice in Wonderland

The English about England The Routemaster double-decker with an open rear platform was designed in the 1950 s and since then has become an icon of London. King James Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible, made in the beginning of the XVIIth century.

The English about England Angel of the North - a contemporary sculpture designed by Antony Gormley in 1994/8; is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (20 metres tall, 54 metres wings). Supermarine Spitfire – a British single-seat fighter aircraft. It was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War.

The English about England Jerusalem is the common name for the poem And did those feet in ancient time, 1804 work by William Blake from his Milton: a Poem.

Summary Stereotypes —irrational attitudes towards certain social/ethnic/cultural group Auto-/heterostereotypes England: 3 points of view

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