English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture
Vol 10 No 1 (2025): English Research Journal

GENDER ROLES AS SEEN IN ‘BARBIE’ MOVIE BY GRETA GERWIG

Al Musdalifa, Nasya (Unknown)
Tri Widyahening, Ch. Evy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Oct 2025

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze how gender roles seen in the movie ‘Barbie’. This research is classified as a qualitative research type using a descriptive approach. The data from this study comes from ‘Barbie’ movie and script. Then, in collecting data the researcher used documentation by watching the movie and reading the script. In analyzing data, the researcher used interactive data analysis by Miles and Huberman. To find the research's validity, triangulation data and triangulation theory were used to check validation for the data. The result of the research showed that the ‘Barbie’ movie critiques societal norms and gender roles by contrasting Barbieland’s matriarchal utopia with the real world’s patriarchal limitations Keywords : Gender roles, Descriptive Qualitative,  Barbie movie, Equality.

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Journal Info

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engj

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

English Research Journal: Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts, and Culture (ERJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the English Language Education Program of Slamet Riyadi University, Surakarta, Indonesia. All articles are required to be in English. English Research ...