THE REACTION OF THE SOCIETY TOWARDS THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SEEN IN LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S A RAISIN IN THE SUN: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Purnama, Indra (2015) THE REACTION OF THE SOCIETY TOWARDS THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SEEN IN LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S A RAISIN IN THE SUN: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research aims to identify the kinds of racial discrimination in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and to reveal the reactions of the society toward the racial discrimination seen in the play. The theory of sociology of literature by Laurenson and Swingewood is applied as the guidance in order to achieve the objectives of the research. To analyze the data, this research uses qualitative content analysis method. The primary data of this research are some important expressions that are taken from Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun related to the objectives of the research. The data instruments are taken from some sources such as books, journals, and articles related to the sociology of literature and the racial discrimination in the 1950s. The data analysis was conducted through six steps: identifying, reading and re-reading, coding and categorizing, and sorting the data, making the interrelation between the description of the data and the theory, and making an interpretation of the findings. Triangulation technique was used in order to obtain trustworthiness. There are two results of this research. The first presents the kinds of racial discrimination found in the play: housing segregation, job discrimination, and educational disadvantages for African-Americans. The second explains the reactions of the society toward the housing segregation, the job discrimination, and the absence of identity as African-Americans. The reactions toward the housing segregation are divided into three reactions; accepting the housing segregation, fighting to escape from segregated area, and maintaining the housing segregation. Furthermore, there are two reactions of the society toward the job discrimination. The first is being a self-employment and the second is accepting their condition as subordinate workers. The last is African-Americans’ reactions toward the absence of identity. The minority of African-Americans chooses to learn their identity as African-Americans whereas the rest ignores it. These reactions can be regarded as good illustrations of how the society reacts toward the practice of racial discrimination as the social issue.

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Racial discrimination, African-American, housing segregation, educational disadvantage, job discrimination
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 Oct 2015 07:30
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/27452

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