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Sartika Sari
Universitas Negeri Medan
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Physics Social Sciences

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GENDERED POWER AND DISCURSIVE CONTROL: WOMEN'S SUBJECTIVITY IN NJO CHEONG SENG'S ZOEBAIDAH Sartika Sari; Lia Lisyati; Umar Mukhtar Siregar
Jurnal Ilmiah Bina Bahasa Vol 19 No 1 (2026): Jurnal Ilmiah Bina Bahasa
Publisher : Direktorat Riset dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, Universitas Bina Darma

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33557/q2kmbz38

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This research examines the novel Zoebaidah (1940) by Njo Cheong Seng, a prolific Peranakan Chinese author of the early 20th century. This novel was published amidst the dominance of patriarchal discourse in Peranakan Chinese literature, which was mostly written by men. Using feminist narratology, this study analyzes how narrative techniques focused on characterization, focalization, and dialogue construct female subjectivity and negotiate power relations in the text. The research findings reveal that Zoebaidah is constructed ambiguously. She is presented as an intelligent and powerful woman, but is unable to free herself from cultural and customary control. This restrictive cultural construction is what Zoebaidah fights against. She is shown to have critical awareness and the courage to fight against oppressive structures. Zoebaidah's negotiation of patriarchal authority, her rejection of forced marriage, and her willingness to sacrifice personal interests for the sake of shared peace represent a subversive model of femininity. With these findings, this study offers a counter-discourse on women's freedom, identity, and agency, while articulating a critique of patriarchal structures through the construction of resistive and empowered female characters.
The Relationship between Native Americans and the Chinese: Representation of the Formation of National Identity in the Short Story Sin Po of the 1940s Agus Sri Danardana; sartika sari; Sri Yono; Rafiqah Yusna Siregar
ELT (English Language Teaching Prima Journal) Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): ELT (English Language Teaching Prima Journal)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34012/elt.v8i1.8585

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ABSTRACT This study examines the formation of Chinese national identity in short stories published in the Sin Po newspaper during the 1930s and 1940s, arguing that this identity emerges most clearly in the relationship depicted between the Chinese and the indigenous Indonesian population. Using a qualitative sociology-of-literature approach with content analysis, it reads the stories as social documents and interprets them through Castells's typology of identity construction—legitimizing, resistance, and project identity—alongside theories of imagined and diasporic national identity. The analysis identifies three modes of identification: a legitimizing identity imposed by colonial racial classification ("Nji Patmah"); a resistance identity forged through communal solidarity amid institutional neglect ("Bahaja Api"); and a project identity built on a shared destiny with the indigenous population ("Kemaleman di Desa," "Balesan," "Ampir Sadja," "Bapa Koempoel"). Arranged chronologically, these forms compose a trajectory from an identity received from the colonizer toward one projected in fellowship with indigenous Indonesians. Although the characters remain articulated as Chinese, empathy and a sense of shared destiny already constituted the seeds of Indonesian nationality before independence, revealing national identity as a layered, ambivalent, and medium-borne process.
Cultural Intersection in the Novel "Kuli" by M.H. Szekely Luloofs Sartika Sari; Umar Mukhtar Siregar; Hidayat Herman
ELT (English Language Teaching Prima Journal) Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): ELT (English Language Teaching Prima Journal)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34012/elt.v7i2.7765

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This article discusses the representation of cultural intersection in M.H. Szekely-Lulofs' novel Kuli, a colonial text that records the lives of indentured laborers on Deli plantations. Starting from the multi-ethnic historical context of North Sumatra, this research highlights how cross-ethnic encounters—Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Betawi, Malay, and even Chinese—are constructed through stereotypes, conflict, and power relations. Lulofs, a Dutch-descended female writer, uses her personal experiences in Deli as both the setting and the medium to depict a fragmented social reality. Utilizing the perspective of literary sociology, the analysis is directed towards two main aspects: first, ethnic diversity as the foundation of Deli society, shaped by migration and colonization; and second, intersectional conflicts arising as a consequence of differences in ethnic identities and representations within the narrative. The novel Kuli presents ethnic stereotypes in layers: Betawi people are depicted as arrogant, Madurese as tough, Sundanese as polite, and even Chinese who are socially and economically marginalized. This stereotype is not only an identity marker but also a source of conflict that culminates in intergroup violence. Inter-ethnic intersection is depicted ambiguously—on one hand, it gives rise to "ship brother" solidarity, while on the other, it triggers exclusion and criminalization. The novel Kuli, therefore, presents plurality as an arena of tension, where ethnic representations operate within a colonial framework that reinforces social hierarchies
Co-Authors Agus Sri Danardana Hidayat Herman Lia Lisyati Rafiqah Yusna Siregar Sri Yono Umar Mukhtar Siregar