<![CDATA[Nusanti, Rihan. 2014. “Sexual Coercion: Woman Subordination Undergoneby Hanna X in Andre Brink’s The Otherside of Silence novel”. Study Programof English, Department of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Cultural Studies,Universitas Brawijaya. Supervisor: Fariska Pujiyanti, M.Hum; Co-supervisor: Winda Candra Hantari,M.A. Keywords: Feminist-Marxist, sexual coercion, patriarchy, women subordination,German women In traditional view, women occupy secondary position lower than men in society. It is as a result of a patriarchal system in which men dominate women since they are considered superior while women are inferior. This value appears in all over the world, including German. Germany authorization puts women in disadvantageous condition in society. They seem to lose their rights in their owncountry. This situation makes women emerge and make movements which called feminism.The use of Feminist-Marxist theory in this study will convey of the male dominance in the patriarchal society. The intimidation of women in the workplaceis by giving low wages. In sexuality, women are coerced by their master andGerman military men. In this study, these are the main issues which are supported by other theories as following, patriarchy, and gender.The Otherside of Silence novel tells about a woman who struggles to findfreedom and acknowledgement from sexual coercion actions conducted by theirmaster and German military men in colonial life in the early 20 century. The sexual coercion can subordinate women to serve the men’s desire. Furthermore,the patriarchal values are addressed to women in workplace and sexuality. Thewomen resistance emerges to struggle their rights as citizens toward mendominance in patriarchal society. Sexual coercion undergone by Hanna X as themain character portrays woman subordination in this novel.In this study, rebellious women will be punished and killed by men if theyare not obedient to men’s order. So, women are judged for always obedient to all of men desires. It is suggested for future researcher who wants to take the same material object to employ sociological approach in analyzing The Otherside of Silence novel by Andre Brink.]]>
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