Gender Stereotype on Solo Putri Bridal Makeup Java Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201201.215How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender, Bride, Makaeup, Culture

Abstract

Bride’s performance is the center of attention in panggih (The meeting of the bride and groom of the marriage ceremony) procession. Each detail of the makeup is a cultural symbol and full of meaning. Every region in Indonesia has a different and unique bridal makeup. This study aims to describe the look and meaning of Javanese bridal makeup and describe the patriarchal culture manifested in the makeup. This qualitative study invited senior artists, cultural figures, and traditional leaders as the research participants. Data were collected by using interview, observation, and document study technique. Roland Barthes’ semiotic theory was used to analyzed the obtained data. Results showed that this makeup provided a portrait of a beautiful, loyal, and gentle wife who was careful in managing finances, kept her chaste, and got respect. This study concluded that bridal makeup was one of the artworks and a manifestation of spiritual expressions of the ancestors existing in society’s cultures. This study provided a theoretical contribution to various gender biases in patriarchal culture.

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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  - Mutimmatul Faidah
AU  - Khofifah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/03
TI  - Gender Stereotype on Solo Putri Bridal Makeup Java Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1277
EP  - 1281
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201201.215
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201201.215
ID  - Faidah2020
ER  -