Sovereignty, Identity and Populism: Critiques of Brexit and Trump in My Country and Building the Wall

Hakan Gültekin

Article Details

Sovereignty, Identity and Populism: Critiques of Brexit and Trump in My Country and Building the Wall

Authors:

Hakan Gültekin

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi Issue 40, pp.90-101

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355332

pISSN:

1303-8605

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Abstract:

 This article examines the impact of populist narratives on post-Brexit UK society and how they shape the political climate in the Trump era in the United States through the plays My Country-A Work in Progress and Building the Wall. My Country explores how individuals in the UK, a multicultural and economically dynamic society, confront identity, economic conditions and nationalism in the post-Brexit era and how they redefine these concepts in a changing socio-political context. Building the Wall reflects the stage explorations of populist discourses through the radicalised border policies of the Trump administration. These plays reveal how people who feel excluded by the traditional political landscape and policy elites mobilise around populist narratives. In this study, the tensions between economic crisis, nationalism and xenophobia that shape contemporary political movements are discussed through dramatic texts.

 This article examines the impact of populist narratives on post-Brexit UK society and how they shape the political climate in the Trump era in the United States through the plays My Country-A Work in Progress and Building the Wall. My Country explores how individuals in the UK, a multicultural and economically dynamic society, confront identity, economic conditions and nationalism in the post-Brexit era and how they redefine these concepts in a changing socio-political context. Building the Wall reflects the stage explorations of populist discourses through the radicalised border policies of the Trump administration. These plays reveal how people who feel excluded by the traditional political landscape and policy elites mobilise around populist narratives. In this study, the tensions between economic crisis, nationalism and xenophobia that shape contemporary political movements are discussed through dramatic texts.

 This article examines the impact of populist narratives on post-Brexit UK society and how they shape the political climate in the Trump era in the United States through the plays My Country-A Work in Progress and Building the Wall. My Country explores how individuals in the UK, a multicultural and economically dynamic society, confront identity, economic conditions and nationalism in the post-Brexit era and how they redefine these concepts in a changing socio-political context. Building the Wall reflects the stage explorations of populist discourses through the radicalised border policies of the Trump administration. These plays reveal how people who feel excluded by the traditional political landscape and policy elites mobilise around populist narratives. In this study, the tensions between economic crisis, nationalism and xenophobia that shape contemporary political movements are discussed through dramatic texts.

 This article examines the impact of populist narratives on post-Brexit UK society and how they shape the political climate in the Trump era in the United States through the plays My Country-A Work in Progress and Building the Wall. My Country explores how individuals in the UK, a multicultural and economically dynamic society, confront identity, economic conditions and nationalism in the post-Brexit era and how they redefine these concepts in a changing socio-political context. Building the Wall reflects the stage explorations of populist discourses through the radicalised border policies of the Trump administration. These plays reveal how people who feel excluded by the traditional political landscape and policy elites mobilise around populist narratives. In this study, the tensions between economic crisis, nationalism and xenophobia that shape contemporary political movements are discussed through dramatic texts.

Article Details

Sovereignty, Identity and Populism: Critiques of Brexit and Trump in My Country and Building the Wall

Authors:

Hakan Gültekin

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi Issue 40, pp.90-101

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355332

pISSN:

1303-8605

Populism

Brexit

Trump

American Theatre

British Theatre

Issues

Article Details

Sovereignty, Identity and Populism: Critiques of Brexit and Trump in My Country and Building the Wall

Authors: Hakan Gültekin

Publisher: Istanbul University

Main Topics: Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal: Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi Issue 40, pp.90-101

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355332

pISSN: 1303-8605

Populism

Brexit

Trump

American Theatre

British Theatre

Issues

Authors:

Hakan Gültekin

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi Issue 40, pp.90-101

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355332

pISSN:

1303-8605