Appropriation Towards Women as seen in Alice Walker's The Color Purple

ANGGIT LARAS PRATIWI, Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, M.Hum.

2018 | Skripsi | S1 SASTRA INGGRIS

Penelitian ini mendiskusikan apropriasi jasmani langsung terhadap para wanita dalam novel The Color Purple karya Alice Walker. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi bentuk-bentuk apropriasi jasmani langsung beserta dampaknya terhadap sang tokoh utama Celie sebagai seorang individu. Penelitian ini menerapkan pendekatan feminisme materialis Perancis oleh Colette Guillaumin. Tipe-tipe apropriasi jasmani langsung yang dikemukakan Guillaumin meliputi: apropriasi waktu, apropriasi hasil tubuh wanita, kewajiban seksual, dan tanggung jawab mengurus anggota kelompok dengan disabilitas. Berdasarkan teori tersebut, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa Celie mengalami apropriasi, yang mana Ia diwajibkan untuk mengurus rumah tangga setelah bekerja di ladang kapas, Celie dirampas haknya untuk membesarkan anak-anaknya, Celie menjadi korban pemerkosaan oleh ayah tiri dan suaminya, serta Celie harus selalu merawat orang-orang sakit. Apropriasi yang dialami menyebabkan Celie kehilangan individualitas, perasaan rendah diri, dan ketiadaan waktu bagi Celie untuk dirinya sendiri. Terlepas dari semua hambatan, Celie berhasil memperoleh kekuatan untuk membebaskan dirinya dari jeratan penindasan.

This research discusses the direct physical appropriation towards women in the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The objectives of this study are to identify the forms of the appropriation as well as to find out the effects towards Celie, the protagonist, as an individual. This research applies the French materialist feminist approach, specifically the theories proposed by Colette Guillaumin. The types of direct physical appropriation suggested by Guillaumin are: the appropriation of women’s time, the appropriation of the product of women’s body, the sexual obligation of women, and the physical charge of disabled members of the group. Based on the analysis, this research finds that Celie is appropriated by having to do house chores on top of her job in the cotton field, Celie is denied of her rights to raise her children, Celie becomes the victim of unconsented sexual acts both by her stepfather and in marriage by her husband, and Celie constantly has to take care of the ills. The appropriation results in Celie’s deprivation of individuality, lack of self-worth, and inability to find time for herself. Despite the prior obstacles Celie succeeds in regaining the power to free herself from the oppression.

Kata Kunci : Celie, The Color Purple, apropriasi jasmani langsung, feminisme materialis Perancis; Celie, The Color Purple, direct physical appropriation, French meterialist feminism