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<![CDATA[Sugiharti Halim (2008): A Cinematic Portrayal of Chinese Indonesian's Ambiguous Identity ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v10i2.47963
<![CDATA[Sugiharti Halim (2008) provides a cinematic insight into the lives of Chinese Indonesians whose identities are perpetually labeled as liyan (other) in the eyes of the inlanders (pribumi). It narrates the story of Sugiharti Halim, a Chinese Indonesian girl, who struggles with her Indonesian sounding name which, instead of successfully assimilating her Chinese identity, makes her even more Chinese than before. This study aims to investigate the cinematic portrayal of Chinese Indonesian’s ambiguous identity as experienced by the female protagonist. The writer employs close textual analysis of the indie film and approaches the issue by the reading of cinematic codes (mise en scene) and the theoretical perspective of name giving developed by Watzlawik in 2016. The conflict highlited in this “indie” criticizes the position of Chinese filmmaker for being pigeoholed on the ground of their ethnicity as portrayed in most commercial films which put Chinese more as a marginalized group. Therefore, the study reveals that films have become a new means of politicizing the interest of certain ethnic group which somehow puts the Chinese Indonesians in their most vulnerable position. The study also concludes that independent films help the young Chinese filmmakers to reconnect with their Chinese heritage as they begin to pick up bits of their Chineseness which were previously miscontrued by the inherited ideals of the New Order regime.]]>
<![CDATA[Looking through cinema: Representation of racial identity development in Amma Asante’s Belle movie ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 1 (2022): Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i1.48307
<![CDATA[This research studied the concept of racial identity development of the main character in Amma Asante’s movie Belle. This research also describes the social relations between the main character’s identity development and women’s agency. The analysis is founded on the theory of racial identity development and the sociology of literature. The results showed that, in Belle movie, the main character experiences all the rounds of racial identity development which challenges her agency to make the social change she wanted. Thus, these two subtopics correlated with each other that also represented how the racial identity development and the women’s agency influence the socio-cultural life of the main character in understanding her existence among other beings.]]>
<![CDATA[Active and passive voice in Bulungan Language ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v10i2.48647
<![CDATA[Bulungan Language as one of the langugaes in North Kalimantan Province has scattered speakers in 8 sub-districts. As language with scattered speakers made Bulungan Language get less attention from language researcher dan linguist to describe it thoroughly. Bulungan language has active voice and passive voice as part of its grammar which has not been studied furtherly yet. Then, the rseracher take this chance to discuss active voice and passive voice in the Bulungan language in this study. This research employed qualitative descriptive research. The data used in this study was oral data directly taken from the native Bulungan speakers. The data collection technique used in this study was by listening technique and the note-taking technique. This study revealed that the active and passive voice of the Bulungan language had different markers but same passive voice property across languages.]]>
<![CDATA[Language use variation of L2 writers in weblog across different gender and genres ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v10i2.48936
<![CDATA[Despite the growing interest in investigating learners’ corpora, surprisingly little research has been conducted on the language use of L2 writers and its relation to the gender and genres in writing. Therefore, this study was aimed to find out the variation of language use in different genres or gender in weblogs, one of popular modes of computer-mediated communication (CMC). The study was done by conducting multivariate analysis using R program to weblog entries from a sample balanced of author gender (female or male) and weblog genre (diary or filter). Taking linguistic preferential features by Argamon et al (2003) and Pennebaker (2011) as dependent variables, the effect of genres or gender toward the use of the features was analyzed. The results showed that significant effects of several features can be considered as predictors. Personal pronouns and hedges (I think, and I believe) were found as predictors for diary; while the indefinite articles a/an and numbers were found as predictors for filter. As for the different language use by gender, female predictors were personal pronoun, verbs, negation, certainty words, and hedges. Meanwhile, the indefinite articles a/an, numbers, and preposition were the predictors of male writers.]]>
<![CDATA[The myth of Ken Dedes in the mother cult of East Javanese society ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v10i2.49207
<![CDATA[Ken Dedes is a figure who is remembered by the East Java community through myth and folklore. The myth of Ken Dedes is related to her figure as the primary woman who keeps the secret of radiant beauty, intelligence, and the mother who gave birth to the kings of Java. This study aims to find the reflection of people's memories about Ken Dedes and to find the cult of the mother from her figure. This research used a descriptive qualitative method with anthropological and psychological approaches. The results of the study show that Ken Dedes is remembered and reflected in the views of the people of East Java. From this reflection, the memory of Ken Dedes' serves as a projection or wishful thinking, an education tool, and a way of justification. In addition, in the context of the patriarchal society of East Java, Ken Dedes is a form of mother cult. In conclusion, the memory and reflection of Ken Dedes in East Javanese society have different variants based on the category of young and adult or old age. Meanwhile, the cult of the mother of a patriarchal society is legitimacy of throne.]]>
<![CDATA[The ‘Other’ physical transformations in 'The Adventures of Tintin' TV series ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v10i2.49412
<![CDATA[Describing a race through the verbal and visual description of physical appearance is often used to create binary opposition between ‘Us’ and ‘Other’, so it does in The Adventures of Tintin comic books by Hergé. In The Adventures of Tintin TV series adaptation (1991-2) by Stéphane Bernasconi, ‘Other’s verbal and visual physical depictions that are portrayed in the comic books undergo transformations that occur on non-White characters. These transformations－changes, additions, and omissions－ can be clearly seen in the Tintin TV series entitled The Blue Lotus, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Broken Ear that are adapted from the comic books of the same titles. The theory of adaptation by Linda Hutcheon and Orientalism by Edward Said are used to reveal and explain the adapter’s strategies to make the skin colours, costume, and deformity moderation and negotiation in order that the TV series can be accepted by the audience around the world today.]]>
<![CDATA[Three speakers’ perspectives on experience in Taylor Swift’s selected lyrics from Folklore album ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 1 (2022): Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i1.50485
<![CDATA[Pop songs are now an important means of expression for the modern generation. Academicians must consider this phenomenon as the object of language studies. This research attempts to analyze three songs in a Grammy-winning album of 2021, Folklore. Song lyrics in Betty, Cardigan, and August, written by Taylor Swift have the quality of narrative poetry (ballads) for having the characteristics of storytelling voiced by a different speaker in each song. The purpose of this research is to show how the varying amounts of transitivity process types in each lyric suggest different perspectives on reality. It uses a stylistic approach to expose the linguistic features that allow the speakers to portray diverse perspectives after going through a difficult relationship. As he apologizes to his partner, the speaker in Betty uses material process significantly to reconstruct the outer experiences. In Cardigan, the speaker emphasizes mental processes, incorporating her personal experience into her knowledge and memory. However, in August, the speaker uses both material and relational processes in equal proportions as she battles with her status in the relationship. Hence, listeners could identify with the various speakers' individual experiences as expressed in the lyrics.]]>
<![CDATA[Against sexual harassment in workplace as seen in Bombshell movie (2019) ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 1 (2022): Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i1.50774
<![CDATA[This article aims to empower woman to fight sexual harassment in workplace as seen in how characters of the film find out what steps were taken in the Bombshell movie (2019) in fighting sexual harassment by Roger Ailes, the CEO of FOX News that based on actual event that happened on 2006. To reach the aim of the study, the author uses qualitative method, and uses the liberal feminism theory of Tong (2009). The data sources were taken from the movie itself and several previous article that have been published between 2011 - 2021 which have been selected according to the topic discussed. The results of this research are, there are several ways shown by some of the characters from this film in fighting sexual harassment, in physical resistance, Gretchen shows it by the way she dares to report the lewd acts committed by Roger Ailes to the authorities. Meanwhile, the fight against verbal sexual harassment is shown by Megyn Kelly's character who firmly opposes the oppression of women which done by Trump, when he is present on her talk show, and the second is shown through Megyn Kelly's dexterity in motivating victims to get up and speak up about Roger Ailes' bad habits.]]>
<![CDATA[Social criticism in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 1 (2022): Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i1.52804
<![CDATA[Exploring literary work means exploring the social condition of the place where the work created. The function of literary work is not only to amuse but also to criticize. Social criticism implies that many authors convey their view and critics toward their society using literary work. Thus, it is essential to study social criticism in particular literary works. This study is aimed at identifying the social condition of the English society when the work published and to reveal how the author presented the social criticism in his work. Library research was used in this study. The approach that applied was genetic structuralism since any attempt to evaluate a literary work should be in the light of its social context and the proper conditions under which it has been produced. Having analyzed She Stoops to Conquer, it was found that in the eighteen century the English society was to absorbed in vanity and affectation. Most people, especially women, put fashion and physical appearance at the most. The author criticized various aspects of life, including lifestyle, social class and family relationship. The author presented his social criticism through the dialogue and attitude of the characters of the play.]]>
<![CDATA[Scrutinising Eurocentric stereotypes against Afrocentric underpinnings of beauty through Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 1 (2022): Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i1.53318
<![CDATA[This paper has probed into stereotypical attitudes towards Afrocentric underpinnings of beauty through Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut. The genesis of these stereotypes against African beauty could be traced from the colonisation of the African continent. It is the interface between Africa and the West that engendered a shift of identities, which resulted in many Afrocentric depictions assimilated d by Western influence. Despite the decolonisation attempts, the Eurocentric notions that had defined Africa during the colonial period persist in galvanising stereotypes that marginalise Africans, especially those that embrace Afrocentric ideas of beauty in the post-colonial age. Today, Africa is besieged with remnants of colonialism, which include Eurocentric ideals of beauty. This paper employed the qualitative method to scrutinise the stereotypes against Afrocentric beauty through the literary criticism of Matlwa’s novel, Coconut. It is undergirded by the theory of Afrocentricity, which has been utilised as a lens to crystalise the indigenous African identities and their relevance today. It finds that these Eurocentric notions have navigated through the peripheries of post-colonial Africa and influenced societal reactions, attitudes and perceptions of beauty. This is reflected in Matlwa’s Coconut where African beauty is stigmatised and disparaged whereas Eurocentric ideals of beauty are exalted.]]>
