CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM IN KARMA BROWN'S NOVEL "RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE": ANTHROPOLOGY OF LITERATURE STUDY

Divya, Widyastuti and Juliansyah, Juliansyah and Alia, Afiyati (2022) CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM IN KARMA BROWN'S NOVEL "RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE": ANTHROPOLOGY OF LITERATURE STUDY. Jurnal Ilmiah Mandala Education (JIME), 8 (3). ISSN 2656-5862

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Abstract

In a literary work, two characters can be narrated as the attention center that contains the cultural identity from certain generation. Meanwhile, a symbol actually can cause an interaction within characters. This research discusses about cultural identity and symbolic interactionism reflected in a novel. There is a novel entitled “Recipe for a Perfect Wife” by Karma Brown that tells about two female characters that are represented as a housewife from different generation. This research uses descriptive qualitative as the research methodology and content analysis as the method in analyzing the object of the research, a novel entitled “Recipe for a Perfect Wife”. This research also uses the intrinsic approach to analyze the characterization, plot, and setting. This research reveals two kinds of a housewife. They are a housewife and working woman, and a full-housewife. This research finds five cultural identities in the past and present time that is related with a housewife reflected by two female characters in the novel by using cultural identity theory by Stuart Hall. This research also reveals the symbol and memory even three concepts of symbolic interactionism that is mind, self, and society based on symbolic interactionism theory by George Herbert Mead.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cultural identity, female characters, generation, housewife, symbolic interactionism
Subjects:	300 Social Science/Ilmu Sosial > 306.4 Specific Aspect of Culture/Aspek Spesifik tentang Budaya dan Kebudayaan 800 Literature/Kesusastraan > 808.83 Analysis of Novel
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa Dan Budaya > Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Inggris
Depositing User:	Setyo Renny Perpustakaan
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2022 04:05
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 04:05
URI:	http://repository.unsada.ac.id/id/eprint/4675

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