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Konstruksi Maskulinitas melalui Fokalisasi dan Order dalam Novel Claire of the Sea Light Karya Edwidge Danticat Cahyaning, Muthie Bunga; Priyatna, Aquarini; Adji, Muhamad
Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Vol 14, No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jbs.v14i1.137286

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This article examines the construction of masculinity through two male characters, Nozias Faustin and Max Ardin Jr., in the novel Claire of the Sea Light (2013) by Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian diaspora writer. Previous studies discuss ecological concerns, postcolonial perspectives, and female characters’ resistance to patriarchy. However, the portrayal of male characters in relation to dominant norms of masculinity remains underexplored. Studies on masculinity in Haitian literature have explored colonialism, race, sexuality, and patriarchal norms, indicating a gap in the discussion of non-normative masculinity. This study aims to address this gap by analyzing how non-normative masculinity is constructed through narrative structures. The study employs close reading within Gérard Genette’s narratological framework, particularly focalization and order, as well as an intersectional masculinity framework based on class and sexuality. The study reveals two main findings. First, non-normative masculinity is negotiated differently according to class position: Nozias, a lower-class man, reconfigures fatherhood through relinquishing his child as a response to provider norms, while Max Junior, an upper-class homosexual man, adopts and performs heteronormative masculinity through sexual violence and financial support to gain patriarchal legitimacy. Second, focalization and order strategies create differences in moral accountability: the fragmented narrative with comprehensive flashbacks opens emotional and reflective space for Nozias, whereas the semi-linear narrative with limited flashbacks restricts the depiction of guilt for Max Junior. These results demonstrate that masculinity in the novel is not only socially negotiated but also structurally produced through narrative form, offering insights into gender, class, and sexuality in post-disaster Haitian contexts.
INISIASI PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI KREATIF BERBASIS DAUR ULANG PLASTIK DI DESA CIJAMBU Januarsyah, Gilang; Rahayu, Lina Meilinawati; Priyatna, Aquarini; Prabasmoro, Tisna; Adji, Muhamad; Purwaramdhona, Ananda Bintang
Midang Vol 4 No 2 (2026): Midang, Juni 2026
Publisher : Unpad Press

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24198/midang.v4i2.64070

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Household plastic waste remains an environmental challenge in many rural areas, including Cijambu Village, Tanjungsari District, Sumedang Regency. Used plastic bags, commonly regarded as waste, have the potential to be transformed into creative products with functional and economic value. This article aims to describe the initiation of a creative economy empowerment program based on plastic recycling through collaboration among the community service team of Faculty of Cultural Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran, village authorities, and BIYA Project as a creative industry partner. The method employed was a participatory approach consisting of coordination, preliminary observation, partnership development, and preparation for training activities involving women’s community groups in Cijambu Village. The program engaged Keni Kurniasari Soeriaatmadja from BIYA Project as a plastic recycling practitioner who provided assistance in developing creative products made from used plastic materials. The initial results indicate strong support from the village government, reflected in the issuance of activity permits and the involvement of village officials in the preparation process. In addition, a training program on transforming used plastic bags into practical products has been scheduled for July 2026. This article highlighted the collaboration between universities and village governments, and BIYA Project represents an important initial step in developing a community empowerment model based on circular economy principles and sustainable waste management.
Remembering, Writing, and Women's Agency in Postcolonial Contexts: An Analysis of Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi Rahmasari, Rifka Alif; Priyatna , Aquarini; Adipurwawidjana, Ari Jogaiswara
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): March
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i1.4352

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In contemporary discussions of Iranian women’s writing, Embroideries (2005) by Marjane Satrapi is often read primarily as a humorous or subversive critique of patriarchy. However, less attention has been given to how the memoir constructs memory as a performative and collective site of agency within postcolonial feminist discourse. Set during an afternoon domestic gathering, the graphic narrative depicts Iranian women negotiating identity, sexuality, and honor through storytelling across three generations. Drawing on feminist narratology and postcolonial feminist theory, this study examines how narrative voice, dialogic exchange, and graphic sequencing work together to produce agency as a relational process rather than an individual attribute. Butler’s theory of performativity is applied to recurring speech acts such as gossip, confession, and teasing, showing how agency emerges through repetition, citation, and collective participation. Cixous’s concept of écriture féminine further illuminates how Satrapi’s fragmented visual style and intimate domestic dialogue transform everyday experience into a gendered mode of writing. Rather than presenting memory as passive recollection, the memoir figures remembering as an embodied and dialogic practice shaped by classed and domestic contexts. By displacing politics from spectacular historical rupture to intimate domestic interaction, the memoir reconceptualizes the collective as inherently political, demonstrating how shared storytelling operates as a mode of critique, negotiation, and survival. These findings contribute to feminist and postcolonial scholarship by expanding approaches to graphic memoir beyond trauma and autobiography, and by rethinking Iranian women’s agency as relational, performative, and grounded in everyday social practice.
Digital Diasporic Self-Writing and the Imagined Nation: Constructing Indonesian Identity through @PuriViera’s YouTube Vlogs Nurrania, Poetry Salsabila; Priyatna, Aquarini; Adipurwawidjana, Ari Jogaiswara
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 3 (2026): September
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i3.5038

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This study examines how @PuriViera’s YouTube vlogs construct an imagined nation from the perspective of an Indonesian woman in diaspora living in California, United States. Functioning as video epistolaries, @PuriViera’s vlogs present American life through the narrator’s Indonesian perspective, constructing an idealized life built through the integration of Indonesian cultural habits into an American suburban setting. In doing so, the vlogger draws on her in-between, diasporic identity to establish narrative authority and credibility, generating the desirability of the life she portrays. The study focuses on three vlogs; Pengeluaran Seminggu di Amerika (2025), Sekolah TK di Amerika (2025), and Pesta Rumahan di Amerika (2024), as research objects, placing them within narratological frameworks to examine the construction of imagined national identity and diasporic life through focalization, voice, and the selective deployment of tripartite capital within the vlogs as texts. The analysis demonstrates that the imagined nationhood is produced not by American material culture itself but by the narrator’s Indonesian perspective, which selects, frames, and narrates American life for an Indonesian audience. The narrator’s authority emerges precisely from Puri’s in-between position, and her sustained Indonesianness amid American life is the specific condition that makes this imagined Indonesianness legible and credible to the audience. The study concludes that @PuriViera’s vlogs operate as a utopian narrative apparatus in which the narrator’s diasporic perspective is the mechanism that makes the ideal nation imaginable, displaying selected aspects of everyday Indonesian life against the amenities of the desired American social landscape as the benchmark for an ideal life.
Co-Authors Aceng Abdullah Aceng Abdullah Acep Iwan Saidi Adi Kurniawan Adipurwawidjana, Ari J Adji, Muhammad Ageza, Gorivana Aida Anwariyatul Fuadah Aksa, Yati Amalia, Sira Kamila Dewanti Amaliatun Saleha Anastasia Dewi Wulandari Anastasia Dewi Wulandari Ani Rostiyati Aprilia, Nurul Hanifa Ari J. Adipurwawidjana Ari J. Adipurwawidjana Ari Jogaiswara Adipurwawidjana Arining Wibowo Asep Yusup Hudayat Azhar Febryan Cahyaning, Muthie Bunga Cece Sobarna Dadan Suwarna Dade Mahzumi Dade Mahzumi, Dade Darmawan, Adam Dessyratna Putry Dhia Anaulva Putri Dimas Yudhistira Dimas Yudhistira, Dimas Diyana Mareta Hermawati Diyana Mareta Hermawati Dzulfikar Al-anbiya Eka Ayu Wahyuni Ekaning Krisnawati Endah Istiqomah Apriliani Ezzah Fathinah Fauziah Ismi Desiana Faza Fauzan Azhima Gian Nova Sudrajat Nur Gilang Januarsyah Hanifah Puji Utami Hary Ganjar Budiman Hazbini Hazbini Heri Isnaini Hilda Septriani Ikeh, Tri Sulapmi Dolina Indrawan Dwisetya Suhendi, Indrawan Dwisetya Indriyani Rachman Jordy Satria Widodo Lilis Suryani Lina Meilinawati Lina Meilinawati Rahayu Lina Meilinawati, Lina Luqman, Arief Mecca, Ali Mega Subekti Mia Dwianna Widyaningtyas Mori, Alifa Syauqina Muhamad Adji Mulyadi, R.M Nisa'ul Fithri Mardani Shihab Nita, Ida Ayu Eka Vania Cahya Novia Nurul Ulfah Nurhayati, Nita Nurrania, Poetry Salsabila Nurullah, Maria Fiducia Permata, Denti Primiani, Nurrahma Probowati, Andarini Rani Purwaramdhona, Ananda Bintang R. M. Mulyadi R. M. Mulyadi R.M. Mulyadi R.M. Mulyadi Raden Mohamad Herdian Bhakti Raden Muhammad Mulyadi Rahmasari, Rifka Alif Rani, Seni Melia Rasus Budhyono Renti Mahkota Resa Restu Pauji Ridwan, Muhammad Fauzi Rifki Zamzam Mustafa Rifki Zamzam Mustaffa Rikma Dewi, Nenden Rojak, Mohamad Abdul Rosyidah Antoni, Cheryl Desyanti Safrina Noorman, Safrina Sartika Sari Siti Karlinah Sri Rijati Wardiani syukur, andi abd khaliq Taufik Ampera Teddi Muhtadin Tisna Prabasmoro Tri Sulapmi Dolina Ikeh Wibowo, Arining wibowo, arining Yovela, Stasya Yuris Fahman Zaidan Zakaria, Mumuh Muhsin Zhafirah, Faizzah Shabrina