eprintid: 59702
rev_number: 9
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datestamp: 2018-09-12 02:19:43
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type: thesis
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contact_email: ynsddwsptr13@gmail.com
creators_name: Saputri, Yunisda Dwi
creators_id: ynsddwsptr13@gmail.com
title: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS ON WOMEN’S STRUGGLES IN BREAKING GENDER INEQUALITY AS SEEN IN NEVIL SHUTE'S A TOWN LIKE ALICE
ispublished: pub
subjects: E4
divisions: fbs_jurdik_inggris_bahasa_sastra_inggris
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: gender inequality, feminism, feminist literary criticism, women, struggle
abstract: This is a research of Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice. It is aimed (1) to describe the kinds of gender inequality which are experienced by women, and (2) to explain the struggles of the women in breaking gender inequality in the novel. Therefore, this research applied feminist literary criticism to facilitate the research objectives.
A qualitative content analysis method was used to conduct the research. The data of the research were the phrases, clauses, and sentences related to (1) the kinds of gender inequality experienced by women, and (2) the struggles of the women in breaking gender inequality in Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice. The primary instrument in this research was the researcher herself while the secondary instruments were any devices and media that contributed to the data collection and analysis process. To ensure the data trustworthiness, peer debriefing was applied through the researcher’s supervisor as the expert along with two students majoring English Literature Study Program.
The first result of this research shows that there are four kinds of gender inequality which are experienced by women found in the novel. The practices of gender inequality analyzed in the novel are marginalization, subordination, stereotype, and violence which are experienced by women in the novel. The second result is the struggles done by women in breaking gender inequality, namely by expressing opinion, boosting self-esteem, establishing sisterhood, refusing to get married, and having a career in public sphere.
date: 2018-09-10
date_type: published
institution: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
department: Sastra Inggris
thesis_type: skripsi
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citation:   Saputri, Yunisda Dwi  (2018) A FEMINIST ANALYSIS ON WOMEN’S STRUGGLES IN BREAKING GENDER INEQUALITY AS SEEN IN NEVIL SHUTE'S A TOWN LIKE ALICE.  S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.   
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