The Struggle of Papuan Women in Attaining Self-Existence in the Novel Isinga by Dorothea Rosa Herliany
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220304.009How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- feminism; existentialist; women’s struggle
- Abstract
Existence of women begins with a form of resistance to the society’s behavior that women is in a lower position than men. In social life, women’s move mostly restricted. This patriarchy system that grows in society causes violence and gender inequality. This study aims to find out the form of struggle, the strategy, and also the results of the struggle in attaining self-existence in the novel Isinga by Dorothea Rosa Herliany. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative through feminism approach with existentialist feminism theory by Simone de Beauvoir as the primary theoretical basis. The result found in this study are (1) the form of struggle, namely through educations, economics, and social, (2) the strategy of the struggle, namely through working, becoming an intellectual, working to transform society, and identifying oneself through the eyes of the dominant group of society, (3) the result of struggle, which has a good impact on family, society, and children’s education. Based on the data analysis and the discussion, it can be concluded that the existence of the women in Dorothea Rosa Herliany’s novel entitled Isinga is in line with what was expected by Simone de Beauvoir, which strategy can be done by women to reach their transcendence, including women being able to work, being intellectuals, and identifying themselves in society.
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TY - CONF AU - Utia Putri Utami AU - Yuni Pratiwi PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/28 TI - The Struggle of Papuan Women in Attaining Self-Existence in the Novel Isinga by Dorothea Rosa Herliany BT - Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Gender Studies (WCGS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 71 EP - 75 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220304.009 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220304.009 ID - Utami2022 ER -