<![CDATA[This study analyzes the transformation of priyayi identity in Umar Kayam's novels Para Priyayi and Jalan Menikung by bringing together Clifford Geertz's concept of the priyayi and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice. It addresses the limitation of viewing the priyayi primarily as a genealogical social category, which tends to overlook how identity is reshaped through social and cultural change. An interpretive qualitative approach was adopted, employing textual analysis of narrative passages, dialogue, characterization, and social relations. The analysis involved close reading, thematic coding, and relational interpretation based on habitus, capital, and field. The findings show that priyayi identity is represented not simply as an inherited status but as a cultural practice shaped by education, the accumulation and conversion of cultural capital, changing social fields, and identity negotiation. These textual patterns provide the basis for the concept of the Javanese Priyayi as a Dynamic Cultural Habitus, which views priyayi identity as relational, adaptive, and continuously reconstructed through the interaction of habitus, capital, and field. The study contributes to the sociology of literature and cultural anthropology by offering a text-based framework for understanding the representation of Javanese cultural identity transformation in Umar Kayam's novels.]]>
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