Women in Domestic and Public Spaces: Unraveling the Batakneses Doxa in the Oral Story of North Sumatra Heny Anggreini(a)*, Muharrina Harahap(b), Jakaria(c), Ita Khairani(d)
a), b), c),d) Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan
Willem Iskander Street Ps V Medan Estate, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia
*anggreiniheny[at]unimed.ac.id
Abstract
Women are narrated as those who are taking care of domestic matters, such as planting, watering, cultivating, and caring for children in the oral story of North Sumatra. The role of women in the domestic space is considered not a contribution to social or cultural development, but a duty or responsibility of women within the social and cultural structure. This is because the narration of women has become a view that is internalized and normalized by society so that it forms the structure of society^s life. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate in depth about how the oral story of North Sumatra that narrates women are structured and how the discourse is produced from the oral story. The study used purposive sampling techniques to select North Sumatra oral histories that corresponded to the purpose and findings to be achieved in the research. Then, to collect data, it was used a listening technique from the selected oral story of North Sumatra. Further, it was analyzed by using Albert B. Lord^s theory of structuralism to analyze the structure of oral stories and the constructive structural theory of Pierre Bourdieu to analyze the structure of society. The findings show that the social domination structure places women in the second class and men as power holders. Then, there is the narrative of women in domestic spaces and public spaces that presents stereotypes.
Keywords: Doxa, Oral Story of North Sumatera, Women
Topic: Social Science, Linguistics, Foreign Language and Humanities
