THE REJECTIONS OF NEGATIVE STREOTYPES TOWARDS ORIENTAL WOMEN IN HWANG ’S M. BUTTERFLY

Yulianti, Irma (2012) THE REJECTIONS OF NEGATIVE STREOTYPES TOWARDS ORIENTAL WOMEN IN HWANG ’S M. BUTTERFLY. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research is a study on Hwang’s’s M. Butterfly based on the Feminism approach. The objectives of the study are to describe the negative stereotypes towards Oriental Women in the play and the rejection of the negative stereotypes towards Oriental Women. This research is qualitative with content analysis method. The object of the study is Feminism in Hwang’s’s M. Butterfly, and the data are in the form of words, phrases, and sentences found in the play. The data analysis was conducted by using Feminism approach and other information closely related to the play. To get incredibility and validity of the finding, the researcher provided descriptive data as clearly and efficiently as possible. The researcher reread the play to get dependability and consulted her research findings to her thesis consultants to achieve the conformability. The result of the analysis shows that there are two important points. Firstly, there are three kinds of negative stereotypes towards Oriental women in Hwang’s M. Butterfly. They are being submissive including passive, meek, and inferior, being like prostitute, and being a primitive. There is the myth that all women in traditional china were passive and unambitious. The traditional role of women in Chinese society was one of subservience and humility. The mythology of submissive Oriental women also manifests itself in the relationship between East and West. The Western countries still held colonies in Asia, and in colonization’s era of Asia, Western countries were dominant and Asian countries were dominated. Eventually, Western men were thought to be dominated and Eastern women were thought to be dominated. Secondly, the rejections of the negative stereotypes towards Oriental women in Hwang’ s M. Butterfly that are sifting the identity by being a spy and acquiring power to control relationship. She becomes a spy to steal the political information from Gallimard. On the other hand, she has a vision to dispel any negative stereotypes towards Oriental women. She also suggests that by having a baby from him, she can control their relationship. She wants to show that a woman can control them, because men need it in a relationship to feel safe.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: the rejections of negative stereotyping, m. butterfly
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: 23 Jun 2015 01:21
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 23:53
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/21165

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