<![CDATA[Yoshimoto Banana’ choice on a space as the title of his novel, Kitchin or Kitchen, that describes the importanceof space for the novel becomes the background of this research. Besides, this study is also grounded by a previousstudy conducted by Kazuo Nakajima and The aim of this study is to reveal the response toward cultural colonizationemerging in postcolonial space of novel Kitchin. The study is conducted by analyzing the relationship of significanttextual units in the text, as well as linking it with the data outside by using postcolonial theory about space. The resultsof this study can be summarized as follows. In Kitchin, there are representation of colonial concept and traditionalconcept. Besides the representation of the two groups, there are also depictions of chaos. It is a form of new ideas thatrefuse combination that build opposition between colonial structures and traditions. The chaos emerges a new structurewhich consists of more than two opposition; colonial and traditions. These new ideas are connected to efforts to survivein a society that has been colonized culturally.Keywords: cultural colonization, postcolonial space, Kitchin.]]>
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