Abstract
Abstract : This study aims to analyze (1) what power is exercised in The Devil Wears Prad a and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , (2) how power operates gender oppression, and (3) how power plays an important role in gender oppression in the novels. Marxist-Feminist approach is used to analyze the data by applying Engels ’s theory of power, Young’s theory of gender oppression, Marx’s, Engels ’s and Lenin’s theory of liberation. The result has found out that all the indicators of the exercise of power by the ruling class are present in both novels. In relation to gender oppression, the female character in The Devil Wears Prada suffers from exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism in the workplace. Meanwhile, some female characters in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies suffer from all the forms of gender oppression as the impact of the exercise of power in their social life . However, almost all elements of women liberation mostly is reveal ed in the novels. Permalink/DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17977/um015v45i22017p121
Highlights
This study aims to analyze (1) what power is exercised in The Devil Wears Prada and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, (2) how power operates gender oppression, and (3) how power plays an important role in gender oppression in the novels
Mies (2014, p. 12) states that Marxist feminist is the realization of the tendency to the new feminist critique and rebellion into the former theoretical body of Marxism
According to the traditional Marxist account of power, domination is understood on the model of class exploitation
Summary
This study aims to analyze (1) what power is exercised in The Devil Wears Prada and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, (2) how power operates gender oppression, and (3) how power plays an important role in gender oppression in the novels. A study by Lima (1997) shows that Brazilian textbooks represent women identity as passive, weak, and lack of logical reasoning This finding supports the previous research done by Hardi (1989) which states that most women are as “competent” as men. Engels’s idea about Marxist feminist conception of private property gives rise to the following factors: economic inequality, dependence and political confusion, and unhealthy social relations between men and women (employers and employee). This is the root of the oppression of women. It happens since there are both of powerful and powerless (upper and lower) classes that play role in that kind of relationship
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