Contesting the Patriarchal Authority: Portrait of Millennial Women in the Indonesian Novel

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201109.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

portrait of patriarchal power, female author, Indonesian novels

Abstract

This study aimed to describe and analyze the claim of millennial women against the patriarchal authority represented in the Indonesian novels. To achieve this goal, this study applied descriptive-qualitative research using feminist methods. The data of this study are in the form of phrases, words and sentences containing the thoughts and actions of millennial female characters towards patriarchal authority. The data sources of this study were 9 (nine) Indonesian novels (published in the 2000s) written by female authors. The data were analyzed using content analysis techniques, which began with identification, classification, comparing, and interpreting of phrases, words, sentences containing the speech, thoughts and actions of the story characters. Based on these steps, it was found that the problems that were being criticized by millennial women were related to the problem of (1) discrimination against women (especially the lower class), (2) the security and welfare of life for women, (3) patriarchal capitalists, (4) Cultural traditions that shackle women, (5) men as superior beings, and (6) issues of sexual harassment. The opposition made by the of female figures is majority caused by the practice of patriarchal power which is full of gender injustice.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yasnur Asri
AU  - Ermawati Arief
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/10
TI  - Contesting the Patriarchal Authority: Portrait of Millennial Women in the Indonesian Novel
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 191
EP  - 202
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201109.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201109.032
ID  - Asri2020
ER  -