Ratnasari, Ninda Arum (2014) SAYURI’S STRUGGLES IN CONFRONTING GEISHA EXPLOITATION IN ARTHUR GOLDEN’S MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: A FEMINIST CRITICISM. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research is a study of Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha viewed from feminism perspective. The objectives of the research are to find out and explain the kinds of exploitation experienced by Sayuri as the main female character, to identify and describe Sayuri’s struggle to fight against exploitation and its significant meanings, and to find out and explain the portrayal of Sayuri’s struggles represented in the novel. Feminism theory especially Radical Feminism is used to answer the objectives of this research. This research is a qualitative study applying content analysis method. The object of this research is a novel entitled Memoirs of a Geisha written by Arthur Golden in 1997 and the data are sentences related to women’s exploitation and struggles found in the novel. The data anylisis was conducted by classifying and categorizing the data to find the inferences. In order to gain reliability, the researcher read and reread the novel carefully and then recorded the data into a systematic framework based on the theory. In achieving credibility and validity of the findings, the researcher implemented triangulation technique to gain the trustworthiness of the data. The results of this research show three important points. First, there are four kinds of women’s exploitation in the form of slavery, sexual harassment, violence, and subordination. Related to slavery, there are three categories: being sold to the okiya by her father, being given overload work in the okiya, and being forced as a money machine in the okiya. Related to sexual harassment, there are two categories: being suffered from mizuage auction and being undressed by the Baron. Related to violence, there are three categories: being beaten because of Hatsumomo’s slander, being slapped by Hatsumomo, and being forced to cut her leg by Mameh. Related to subordination, there are three limitations of women freedom: the limitation to go outside the okiya, the limitation to choose the danna and the limitation to manage the money from her work. Second, women’s struggles to fight against exploitation are divided into seven categories and the significant meanings behind Sayuri’s struggles are women are smart and brave to take the important decisions to change their life and gain their independence. Those are sneaking out from the okiya, trying to escape from the okiya, learning hard to be a geisha, refusing Nobu’s proposal to be her danna, expressing her secret love to the Chairman, leaving the okiya and moving to New York and opening Japanese tea house business. Third, Sayuri’s struggles are portrayed through characterization and plot. The characterization is presented in her traits, actions, and speeches. Meanwhile, the character conflict with herself and character conflict with her surrounding environments are presented in the plot. The analysis of the portrayals of Sayuri’s struggles aims to distinguish between feminism analysis in literature research and feminism analysis in another field of research.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | women’s exploitation, feminism, Memoirs of a Geisha |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2015 06:54 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 21:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/17630 |
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