MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN

This research is aimed to disclose the demolishing of the Heterosexual Matrix in Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex and Abigail Tarttelin’s Golden Boy. In Eugenides’s Middlesex and Tarttelin’s Golden Boy, both characters Cal/Calliope and Max are intersex characters who have ambiguous genitalia known...

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Main Authors: Sri Nurhidayah, Apsari Fajar Prihantini
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Language:English
Published: Indonesian Literature Study Program, Andalas University 2017-11-01
Series:Puitika
Online Access:http://jurnalpuitika.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/jurnalpuitika/article/view/60
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description This research is aimed to disclose the demolishing of the Heterosexual Matrix in Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex and Abigail Tarttelin’s Golden Boy. In Eugenides’s Middlesex and Tarttelin’s Golden Boy, both characters Cal/Calliope and Max are intersex characters who have ambiguous genitalia known as intersex seek for his/her gender identity, but the two characters do not commit to plastic surgery for adhering gender norm. Thus, the problem raises whether both characters reproduce the Heterosexual Matrix or not. Judith Butler’s concept of gender is used to analyze gender problems. Based on the research conducted, the result shows that Cal/Calliope and Max seems to get trapped in Heterosexual Matrix because the binary gender will be still exist although subjects tries to get away from Heterosexual Matrix.   Keywords: gender, intersex, Heterosexual matrix
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spelling doaj-art-f4cbba6edd494c8dbdfeed08e01547872025-08-20T03:06:24ZengIndonesian Literature Study Program, Andalas UniversityPuitika0854-817X2580-60092017-11-0113210.25077/puitika.13.2.202--215.201742MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELINSri Nurhidayah0Apsari Fajar Prihantini1STKIP Bina Insan MandiriSTKIP Bina Insan MandiriThis research is aimed to disclose the demolishing of the Heterosexual Matrix in Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex and Abigail Tarttelin’s Golden Boy. In Eugenides’s Middlesex and Tarttelin’s Golden Boy, both characters Cal/Calliope and Max are intersex characters who have ambiguous genitalia known as intersex seek for his/her gender identity, but the two characters do not commit to plastic surgery for adhering gender norm. Thus, the problem raises whether both characters reproduce the Heterosexual Matrix or not. Judith Butler’s concept of gender is used to analyze gender problems. Based on the research conducted, the result shows that Cal/Calliope and Max seems to get trapped in Heterosexual Matrix because the binary gender will be still exist although subjects tries to get away from Heterosexual Matrix.   Keywords: gender, intersex, Heterosexual matrixhttp://jurnalpuitika.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/jurnalpuitika/article/view/60
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title MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN
title_full MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN
title_fullStr MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN
title_full_unstemmed MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN
title_short MENELANJANGI MATRIKS HETEROSEKSUAL DALAM NOVEL MIDDLESEX KARYA JEFFREY EUGENIDES DAN GOLDEN BOY KARYA ABIGAIL TARTTELIN
title_sort menelanjangi matriks heteroseksual dalam novel middlesex karya jeffrey eugenides dan golden boy karya abigail tarttelin
url http://jurnalpuitika.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/jurnalpuitika/article/view/60
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