Torn in the Flesh: Critical Discourse Analysis on Discriminatory Acts in West Sumatra

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200824.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Critical discourse analysis (CDA), discriminatory acts, Indonesian democracy index, West Sumatra government, break theory

Abstract

Discriminatory acts committed by certain parties against particular community or groups on the basis of gender, religion, race and certain orientations contributed greatly to the decline in the Democratic Index in West Sumatra province. Subsequentlt, this research aimed to examine further at how this is practiced and what motives lie behind these contra-democratic discourses. Comparative theory of discourse known as BREAK theory from Sawirman (2014) which is equipped with a micro-linguistic analysis procedure and interdisciplinary approach in specify the ideas contained in the discourse foundation was exercised as the grand theory in this article. The results of the analysis showed that the discriminatory act was performed by two parties. First is government officials and second coming from community groups. The first discourse provides the information about the “demonisation” of gender and minority groups based on cynicism towards women and marginalized groups. The second discourse shows an indication of the settlement of a crime case by the community caused by the habit of being hands off by the government. The combination of these two converging-discourses ultimately reinforces discriminatory sentiments that lead to an atmosphere of undemocratic governance in West Sumatra.

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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  - Agustina
AU  - Muhammad Adek
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/25
TI  - Torn in the Flesh: Critical Discourse Analysis on Discriminatory Acts in West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 129
EP  - 134
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.032
ID  - 2020
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