Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 8 No 2 (2022): Humanitatis: Journal of Language and Literature

The Stereotype of Batak Marriage Custom Represented in the Mursala Movie

Lambok Hermanto Sihombing (President University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2022

Abstract

Indonesia is a diverse country with a diverse range of tribes, religions, languages, and customs. Almost every region in Indonesia has its own uniqueness. Batak is one of the interesting tribes as it has unique custom to be analyzed especially their marriage custom. There are certain rules when Batak people have to find their couple. Those rules are depicted in Mursala movie. In this scientific study, the author aims to analyze the stereotype of Batak marriage represented in that movie, Mursala. In order to help the author doing this analysis, Mise En Scene approach from Manon de Reeper and Theory of Representation from Stuart Hall are used for this study. The result of this study indicates that this film represents the stereotype of Batak marriage which addresses Batak people should get married with Batak people and they are not allowed to marry the closest clan as it breaks their marriage customary law.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

humanitatis

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Humanitatis : Journal of Language and Literature adalah salah satu Jurnal Ilmiah yang terdapat di Universitas Bumigora Mataram yang dikelola di bawah Lembaga Penelitian, Pengembangan dan Pengabadian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM). Jurnal ini bertujuan untuk memberikan wadah atau sarana publikasi bagi para ...