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Women's empowerment: Staging power resistance in Oshin (2013) Tisnawijaya, Christy; Kurniati, Geni
LITERA Vol. 23 No. 1: LITERA (MARCH 2024)
Publisher : Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Culture Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21831/ltr.v23i1.68729

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Fictional movies captivated the audience in many ways through their stories and audio-visual. The stories of fictional movies often reflect what happens to our society, and we savor the purification of the hero's tragic flaw. One of which is power relations between males and females. This study explores women's empowerment in Oshin the movie (2013). The narrative is about a seven-year-old girl called Oshin, who is made to work as a maid by her father due to the family's poverty. At first, she is against her father's idea of being separated from her family. She struggles to become a maid until she is accused of stealing and runs away. By watching her mother's efforts as the household pillar, she finally realizes the importance of being an independent female. The movie shows power relations issues regarding filial duty and social stratification. Yet, with the help of Foucault's theory of The Subject and Power (1982), power resistance is a more eloquent outcome to discuss. Thus, this study proposes the stages of power resistance and how the protagonist declares her resilience through traditional gender roles. Moreover, this study uses an interpretative method by scrutinizing each scene that shows power resistance; the discussion reveals that Oshin participates in staging power resistance for women's economic empowerment, which subsequently contributes to her family's economic development. This study concludes that financial independence and women's empowerment are inextricably linked.
Evaluating Gender Equity in <i>The Berenstain Bears</i> Picture Books Tisnawijaya, Christy; Kurniati, Geni
Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya
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Picture books serve as a foundational medium in early childhood education, utilizing interrelated visual and verbal elements to foster linguistic, cognitive, and social development. Despite their pedagogical utility, certain literary works inadvertently perpetuate traditional gender roles, constraining children's conceptualizations of identity. This study evaluates gender representation within eleven selected titles of The Berenstain Bears series. Employing a qualitative multimodal content analysis, the study integrates Butler's gender performativity framework (1990), Callow's multimodal narrative approach (2020), and Adam and Harper's evaluative criteria (2021) to examine how domestic, social, and recreational roles are constructed. This study offers novelty by establishing a dual-lens multimodal framework that bridges visual semiotics and social performativity to interrogate subtle gendered subtexts in popular picture books. The verbal and visual evidence reveals a distinct structural dichotomy: while the narratives convey essential moral and behavioral lessons, they simultaneously reinforce restrictive gender stereotypes by casting maternal figures in perpetual caregiving roles and paternal figures as aggressive or financially dominant providers. Concurrently, instances of gender equity emerge through shared domestic responsibilities and non-gendered sports participation. These findings highlight the necessity for educators and parents to critically engage with early childhood texts, cultivating critical visual literacy to mitigate the internalization of biased gender constructs.