Bend It like Beckham

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Year: 2002

Media and Collective Identity:Representations of British Youths and Youth Culture

Guided Questions:

1.       How do the contemporary media represent british youth and youth culture in different ways

2.       How does contemporary representation compare to precvious time periods?

3.       What are the social implications of different media representations of British Youth and Youth Culture?

4.       To what extent is human identity increasingly “mediated”

 The media texts we are exploring:

• Televison
• Film
• Newspapers
• Internet