The Intertwinements of Cultural Stereotype, Orientalism, and Hegemony in A. S. Laksana’s Ular dan Amarah
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A. S. Laksana, Cultural Stereotype, Hegemony, Ular dan AmarahAbstract
This article exposes correlations between cultural stereotype and hegemony in A. S. Laksana’s short story entitled Ular dan Amarah. Bad things happen in this short story where Chinese people get discrimination and oppression committed by the local people. Through explorative qualitative method, this research conducts content analysis supported by Edward Said’s theory on Orientalism and Antonio Gramsci’s idea on Hegemony. By accentuating the victim point of view, understandings of such hatred against Chinese people are clearly involved in the story. Oppression and murder of Chinese people in this story are based on the emphasis on racism and cultural hatred. In conclusion, cultural stereotypes and hegemony prove that any literature is not neutral. It is a matter of contestation of power in which the victim is the powerless that needs to be emphasized more in literary analysis.
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