Abstract
ABSTRACT
 Recently, there has been a huge increase of sexuality construction studies in literature field including in Young Adult genre. Ash novel is one of young adult genre retelling the classic fairy tale story of Cinderella with the gendering plot twist of the main female character. Instead of construct the main characters to heterosexual, Malinda Lo deconstructs her gender and sexual identity. The aim of this research will focuses on investigating the relationship between the elements of psychosexual development and sexuality construction in the narratives that change the main character’s gender and sexual identity. This research are using 5 stages of development theory by Sigmund Freud and performativity theory by Judith Butler. To analyze the narratives, this research is using deconstruction theory by Jaques Derrida as methodology approach. The gendering process and sexuality construction to lesbian appears in several events that bring the main character questioning the masculine role and construct her identity by the dominant stepmother.
 Keywords: Sexuality Construction; Cinderella; Young - Adult Literature; Lesbian; Psychosexual Development; Performativity, Deconstruction.
Highlights
According to LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Meyer and Helis (2016), one of the Bisexual Transgender and Queer) is tool that used to promotes the a community groups that consist of LGBTQ movements is Media
The existence and convey the legalized of LGBTQ bring the young anti-discrimination messages to a adult writers to make the LGBT novel larger audiences
‘Ash’ is taken from the word ‘Ashes’, Descriptive analytical study is used it is the other name from Cinderella to analyze how the writer construct because in the classic Cinderella the sexual desire of the main story, Cinderella was taken from character through several events
Summary
Ash is one are for the development of and only child that must face the died young readers’ intellectual, but it can of parents and the cruelty of solve the 3 differences issues among stepmother and stepsisters. In the end of this story, Ash and writer that promotes her sexual Investigate the sexuality construction gender are interrelated and of main female character in young inseparable.
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