Eksplorasi hantu perempuan dalam Sihir Perempuan karya Intan Paramaditha: Telaah konstruksi femininitas

Mawaidi, Mawaidi
Nurhadi, Nurhadi

Jurnal bahasa, sastra, seni, dan pengajarannya
Vol. 48, No. 2

Ghost stories as myth have been around for hundreds of years, both in oral or written forms. Literature has provided a space for urban legend. The most popular and legendary ghosts are usually female ghosts. These female ghosts appear not only to represent ghosts but they also carry certain feminine values from the authors. This study aims to investigate female ghosts on Sihir Perempuan, a collection of short stories written by Intan Paramaditha using feminist construction approach. Cixous’ (2008) theory of feminist writing and an approach to shift to the center are used as the study’s conceptual framework. The findings of this study include a paradox in the way Intan Paramaditha reconstructs femininity. In the effort of building femininity, female ghosts are portrayed as legends within patriarchal cultural power. The presence of female ghosts explores female bodies and psychology.