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The reconstruction of slavery in the novel Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson: A post-nationalism perspective Rosma Kadir; Nur Saktiningrum; Muh. Arif Rokhman
NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture.
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/notion.v8i1.15663

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This research examines Laurie Halse Anderson’s Chains as a counter-narrative to dominant representations of the American Revolution as a universal project of freedom. It employs Stuart Hall’s theory of representation and a qualitative textual analysis approach. This study explores how the novel reconstructs slavery as an ideological structure that shapes and limits the meaning of revolutionary liberty. The findings show that Chains constructs a genealogy of slavery as a foundation of the American Revolution and represents freedom as a selective and racialized political project. Slavery is portrayed as a system of human commodification that is transnational in nature and legitimized by law and colonial economic practices. Racial stereotypes operate ambivalently by dehumanizing enslaved people while simultaneously opening spaces for agency and resistance. The character Isabel is represented as a rational subject who can read, interpret, and appropriate the discourse of freedom for self-liberation. This article concludes that Chains critically and ethically reconstructs the memory of the American Revolution beyond the boundaries of the nation-state.
BEYOND CAPITAL: FAITH, HABITUS, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MUSLIM IDENTITY IN NEW YORK Zulkifli Muhadli; Ida Rochani Adi; Nur Saktiningrum
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 13, No 2 (2026)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v13i2.122471

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This article concerns how Muslim minority communities in New York sustain their religious identity within a multicultural democratic society. The existence of the current scholarship covers identity formation and negotiation; however, the underlying mechanisms to ensure long-term continuity remain insufficiently explored. Utilizing Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological framework of habitus, capital, and field, this study introduces the original concept of Faith Capital. The design uses qualitative-dominant mixed methods, including structured questionnaires administered to 21 Muslim participants in New York City. The results show that Muslim identity is formed by daily religious practice, maintained by social, cultural, and symbolic capital, and negotiated in a variety of urban social domains, with Faith Capital serving as its primary anchor. Additionally, this study adds to the Bourdieusian framework by emphasizing the lived spiritual resilience of minority communities and presents Faith Capital as an essential analytical construct for understanding the sustainability of minority religious identity within American studies and the sociology of religion.