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Self Empowerment of Aboriginal Women Against White Hierarchy in Women of The Sun byHyllus Maris and Sonia Borg

Arinda Dwitami Yasmine(1), Desvalini Anwar(2),
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ell.v13i2.125115

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Abstract


This research is an analysis of novel Women of The Sun by Hyllus Maris and Sonia Borg (1985). The design of this research is qualitative content analysis. The analysis discusses the events that occurred before, after, during the arrival of whites in Australia and the monopolization of aboriginal tribes' native territories also the oppression from white experienced by Aboriginal Women. It contributes to the analyzing process by aiding in the meaning's revelation. This study's data is based on women agency theory within feminism theory, which examines women and the acts of aboriginal people that come from the analysis, specifically women's empowerment against white. The purposes of this analysis are to show oppresions experienced by the Aboriginal female characters in the novel Women of the Sun and to show how the Aboriginal female characters in the novel Women of The Sun empower themselves to face the oppression imposed on them.


Keywords


Oppression, Hierarchy, Self-Empowerment, Aboriginal Women

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