Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia
Vol 7, No 2 (2018): July

Social Construction of Women Holding the Position of Tunggu Tubang in South Sumatra

Prawinda Putri Anzari (Universitas Indonesia)
Billy Kurniati Sarwono (Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2018

Abstract

Wanita Tunggu Tubang secara paradoks memegang baik posisi terhormat maupun subordinat dalam komunitas Semende. Mereka bekerja untuk melestarikan budaya dan melakukan tugas mereka, namun pada saat yang sama mereka harus menghadapi berbagai masalah di ruang publik. Pertanyaan penelitian ini adalah bagaimana posisi ini secara sosial dibangun, dan teori yang diterapkan untuk menjawab pertanyaan adalah teori konstruksi realitas sosial. Pendekatan yang dipakai adalah kualitatif, dengan paradigma konstruksionisme kritis dan teknik sampling kriteria. Kegiatan para wanita dalam penelitian ini diamati dalam jangka waktu dua minggu, dan dua informan kunci dengan pekerjaan yang berbeda, kelas sosial, dan tempat tinggal diwawancarai. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa konstruksi yang bias gender telah diproduksi dan direproduksi melalui penyebaran keyakinan seperti itu sejak kecil dan dominasi merajes di ranah sosial. Selain itu, perempuan Tunggu Tubang melihat posisi dan peran mereka sebagai takdir dan identitas budaya yang harus mereka terima. Namun, perspektif semacam itu tidak begitu luas di kalangan informan yang tinggal di daerah yang lebih maju karena gaya hidup mereka lebih berorientasi ekonomi dan praktis. The Tunggu Tubang women paradoxically hold both a respectable as well as subordinate position in the Semende community. They work to preserve the culture and perform their duties, yet at the same time they have to face various problems in the public sphere. The research question herein is how this position is socially constructed, and the theory applied to answer the question is that of the construction of social reality. The method chosen is that of the qualitative research, coupled with the critical constructionism paradigm and criterion sampling technique. The activities of the women in this study were observed in a period of two weeks, and two key informants with different jobs, social classes, and places of residence were interviewed. This study indicates that a gender-biased construction has been produced and reproduced through propagation of such belief since childhood and dominance of the Merajes in social realms. In addition, Tunggu Tubang women perceive their position and role as their destiny and a cultural identity which they have to assume. Such perspectives, however, are not as pervasive among informants living in more advanced areas as their lifestyle is more economy-oriented and practical

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jkmi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia (JKI) is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for research on communication and media. JKI was launched in 2012 and is published by Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, ...