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Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities

Cilt: 23 Sayı: 2 27 Haziran 2025
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Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities

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This paper examines Alexander Zeldin’s The Inequalities Trilogy to consider how the plays with multicultural characterizations circulate notions related to the UK Austerity Programme, and to suggest they can be regarded as having austerity narratives with multicultural characterization. The plays under consideration are Beyond Caring (2015), Love (2017) and Faith, Hope and Charity (2019). The first play of the trilogy, Beyond Caring is the story of invisible labourers, zero-hours contract workers. Love is about temporary housing and the people who are benefiting from Universal Credit Programme of the UK. Faith, Hope and Charity depicts the story of a community centre providing hot food and shelter to the people who are in extreme poverty. Alexander Zeldin’s trilogy analyses austerity policies and examines the impact of the UK Conservative governments on multiculturalism. By combining the insights gained from the analysis of these two important concepts, the study presents a fundamental critique of the impact of austerity policies on multiculturalism through the trilogy. This article explores how Zeldin’s trilogy critiques the UK’s multiculturalism policies, which aim for equality through peace and prosperity but instead lead to shared poverty under austerity measures.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. Parekh B. (2000) Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. London: Profile Books.
  2. Starck, K. (2020). We are trying to stay positive in here: austerity and agency in Alexander Zeldin’s play Love. Studia Neophilologica, 92(2), 190-208.
  3. Stewart, H., & Partington, R. (2018, October 13). Poorest families to lose out on £210 a year owing to benefits cap. the Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/13/poorest-families-to-lose-out-on-210-a-year-owing-to-benefits-cap
  4. Summers, D. (2009, April 9). David Cameron warns of 'new age of austerity'. the Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/apr/26/david-cameron-conservative-economic-policy1

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

27 Haziran 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Ocak 2025

Kabul Tarihi

3 Mart 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 23 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Gültekin, H. (2025). Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 23(2), 227-240. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576
AMA
1.Gültekin H. Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;23(2):227-240. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576
Chicago
Gültekin, Hakan. 2025. “Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 (2): 227-40. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576.
EndNote
Gültekin H (01 Haziran 2025) Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 2 227–240.
IEEE
[1]H. Gültekin, “Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities”, Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 23, sy 2, ss. 227–240, Haz. 2025, doi: 10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576.
ISNAD
Gültekin, Hakan. “Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23/2 (01 Haziran 2025): 227-240. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576.
JAMA
1.Gültekin H. Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;23:227–240.
MLA
Gültekin, Hakan. “Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 23, sy 2, Haziran 2025, ss. 227-40, doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576.
Vancouver
1.Hakan Gültekin. Lives on the Margins: Multiculturalism and Austerity in Zeldin’s The Inequalities. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Haziran 2025;23(2):227-40. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1613576