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ISSN : 2684673X     EISSN : 26850559     DOI : 10.37296
Jurnal of Ide Bahasa (e-ISSN 2685-0559 and p-ISSN 2684-673X) is published twice a year, June and December. Each issue will be published at least 5 articles. Jurnal of Ide Bahasa focuses on language, literature, and language learning with various dimensions of languages all over the world. The journal serves as a medium of ideas exchange and research findings from various traditions of learning that have interacted in a scholarly manner. The journal follows peer review policy. The paper is sent to many reviewers (the experts in the respective field) to review the paper in the light of journal guidelines and features of a quality research paper. For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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SOCIAL CLASSES AND OCCUPATIONS OF JAVANESE SOCIETY IN 1950’s PORTRAYED IN “CIGARETTE GIRL” BY RATIH KUMALA Robby Satria; Nafdi Irawan; Hermanda Octavian
IdeBahasa Vol 8 No 1 (2026): Jurnal Idebahasa Vol 8 No 1 Juni 2026
Publisher : Asosiasi dosen IDEBAHASA KEPRI

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Abstract

This study aims to identify the types of social classes and occupations represented in Javanese society in the 1950s as portrayed in Ratih Kumala’s Cigarette Girl. The study employs Max Weber’s theory of social class and Allan Swingewood’s sociology of literature. The data source is the novel Cigarette Girl, while the data consists of passages and dialogues related to social status and occupations. Data were collected through close reading and note-taking techniques and analysed using a qualitative descriptive method. The findings reveal three social classes: lower, middle, and upper classes. The lower class is represented by cigarette rollers, laborers, and servants, the middle class by teachers and educated workers, and the upper class by business owners and factory proprietors. These occupations reflect the social hierarchy of Javanese society in the 1950s. The study implies that literature can function as a social document that preserves historical representations of social class and occupational structures in society.