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Locality in Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi no Na wa: Negotiating Japanese Youth Identity Muammar Kadafi; Shofi Mahmudah Budi Utami
IZUMI Vol 10, No 1 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/izumi.10.1.21-31

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Japan becomes one of the countries that has been producing worldwide popular culture, namely through anime. Besides its popularity which attracts wider audiences, anime cultivates cultural content as it is also found in popular anime entitled “Kimi no Na wa”. Aside from its popular culture, Japan has undoubtedly been known for its ‘high culture’ products such as haiku or Zen, to which Japanese identity is attached. Then, the content of Japanese locality performed in the anime highlights some crucial issues related to Japanese identity, including the problematic relationship between traditionality and modernity, generations, and genders. Thus, the local content in the anime is interesting to scrutinize how traditional values are depicted and negotiated concerning Japanese identity. Since this study is descriptive-qualitative research, it answers the problem by describing the phenomenon and employing the interpretative method by Hall’s concept of identity. The selected data related to locality and identity obtained from the movie and poster are grouped and approached by Hall’s semiotic representation to see the relation to its significations. Finally, this brings out the interpretation of the data indicating that the anime portrays the ‘return’ to local culture. It is referred to as ‘nihonjinron’, which is particularly emphasized in youth life. Through this film, the identity is negotiated. The characters (Taki and Mitsuha) perform post-modern subjects; a case in point accepts the changes as they develop their identity in the current era.
Eksistensi Perempuan Pada Manga Arte Karya Okubo Kei (Kajian Feminisme Eksistensial) Farah Diva Salsabila; Diana Puspitasari; Muammar Kadafi
IZUMI Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/izumi.12.1.88-96

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This research begins with several problems found around women, one of which is about gender equality. Because of these conditions, the research was conducted with the aim of knowing how women struggle in achieving their existence. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. This research data uses dialogues and pictures taken from the manga Arte as data sources. The data retrieval method used is a reading and note-taking technique. Data analysis techniques are presented descriptively. This study uses Simone de Beauvoir's existentialist feminism theory. The results of the study show that women because of their otherness often get injustice in gender relations. In order for women to gain their own existence, women must fight back by carrying out four strategies of self-transcendence according to Beauvoir, namely working, becoming an intellectual figure, working to achieve social transformation, and rejecting the other. Through research from Arte's manga, it can be concluded that a woman who wants to achieve her existence is not an easy thing to achieve. Women who want to get out of the shackles of patriarchy do not always get a positive response, and it takes more effort and hard work to achieve that existence.