Jurnal Madah
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2019): Jurnal Madah

The Discourse of Beauty Faced by Sales Promotion Girl in The Curse of Beauty Novel

Fiqih Aisyatul Farokhah (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Adi Putra Surya Wardhana (Universitas Sebelas Maret)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Oct 2019

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the discourse of women's beauty and marginalization of women's beauty in the novel The Curse of Beauty by Indah Hanaco. This study uses a qualitative data analysis research method. This study uses critical discourse analysis by Sarah Mills to examine the beauty discourse that SPG faces in the story of the novel. The results show SPG became a tool to attract buyers' interests. the owners of capital have made the female body an important tool in every social and economic process, to provide the erotic appeal of products through the imaging of mass media. It means, women's bodies have been disciplined through the concept of beauty by the mass media. Thus, the female body represented in the SPG story experiences marginalization of women's beauty. Thus, the female body represented in the SPG story experiences marginalization of women's beauty.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

madah

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

Madah is a journal published by Balai Bahasa Riau, with P-ISSN 2086-6038 and E-ISSN 2580-9717. This is a scientific journal of language and literature that publishes various reports of research results, literature studies, and scientific papers on language and literature. Madah is published ...