Abstract

This article focuses on the web series Layangan Putus that is broadcast on one of the online video channels. The author tries to see the position of the wife in the character Kinan who became the main character in the web series Layangan Putus. By raising the theme of household and the presence of a third person in the household, the web series Layangan Putus became popular in the community. Kinan, who betrayed by Aris with his manipulative demeanor, becomes a central figure who fighting for herself and her family. With regard to research’s aim, this article proposed issues: (1) Does Kinan display the figure of a wife who is filial to the husband in accordance with the Islamic perspective? (2) What is the ideology displayed from this broken Kite web series? This article uses John Fiske's semiotics methods with literature studies and interviews with people around the author who understand the problems in this article. The results showed that Kinan was a loyal wife and devoted to her husband. Kinan is very much trying for a marriage that is sakinah, mawadah, and warohmah. Despite conflicts within her family, Kinan never exposed the matter to others, including his mother. This Kite Break up web series shows the existence of feminism and patriarchal ideologies in storylines and characterization

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