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Women, Culture and Postcolonial Feminism in Siti Kartini by L. Suma Tjoe Ekaristi, Lidwina Putu Gratia; Sabrina, Renanda Putri; Dewojati, Cahyaningrum
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)
Publisher : Jayapangus Press

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37329/ijms.v3i1.3897

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During the colonial period, bumiputera women were positioned at the lowest social strata viewed as unintelligent, powerless, and lacking value. The culture of oppression that prevailed at the time reduced these women, including those of noble lineage, to objects of service exchange among the socially inferior. This structural subjugation and marginalization are critically represented in L. Suma Tjoe Sing's novel Siti Kartini, which serves as the material object of this research. The primary objective of this study is to explore and narrate the forms of resistance shown by bumiputera female characters against colonial oppression within the novel. Utilizing the framework of postcolonial feminism, which examines the intersection of gender and colonial power structures, this study employs a qualitative descriptive method to analyze the text. The findings indicate that colonization inevitably leads to cultural contact and interaction between colonizers and the colonized, often resulting in the systemic oppression of the latter. Within this context, women become doubly marginalized—both as colonized subjects and as females prompting them to engage in various forms of resistance. The novel Siti Kartini illustrates that bumiputera women, despite being socially oppressed, possess the agency and determination to challenge colonial and patriarchal domination.
Racial and Cultural Identity in Chinese Peranakan Literature: Cerita Satu Ibu Tiri yang Pinter Ajar Anak Dewojati, Cahyaningrum; Ekaristi, Lidwina Putu Gratia
Metta : Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin Vol. 5 No. 3 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37329/metta.v5i3.4747

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The diversity of Indonesia's identity and culture as a heterogeneous country cannot be separated from the character of the Indonesian nation, which has been inclusive from the start. The Chinese, Arab, Indian, and European diaspora during the colonial period made Indonesia's big cities a melting pot where various ethnicities, races, and cultures met. Authors, including Peranakan Chinese, were generally educated people. Their writing reflects the dialectics and dynamics between cultures, both from the Peranakan Chinese community and the native people, Europeans, Arabs, or other ethnic groups that form the background of the stories. This is also represented in one of the Chinese Peranakan literary works, Cerita Satu Ibu Tiri yang Pinter Ajar Anak (1913), which will be used as a material object in this research. The drama text describes the dynamics of community life, cultural friction, social conflict, and issues of ethnicity/race during the Dutch colonial period. This research aims to narrate the dynamics of multiethnic cultures that coexisted in Indonesia during the colonial period in literary works. Qualitative descriptive methods are used to explain the data found. They will describe the identity of multiethnic communities who maintained their respective identities, traditions, and cultures during the Dutch colonial period.