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Kamis, 08 Mei 2008

SOCIO CULTURAL STUDY ON CHINESE WOMEN IN THE 19th CENTURY AS REFLECTED IN LISA SEE’S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN

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Nofiatun Titi Lestari
03004241

ABSTRACT




One of Lisa See master pieces is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. One of the interesting thing of this work is socio cultural in Chinese women in the 19th century as reflected to the novel. This research entitled “Socio Cultural Study in Chinese women in the 19th Century as Reflected in Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” to describes the socio cultural in Chinese women as reflected to the novel.

The writer used sociological approach to analized this thesis. The type of the study is library research. It done by carefully and critically reading the novel by Lisa See. The object of this research is the novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Then the research object that will be analized in this research are socio cultural on Chinese women in the 19th century as reflected to the novel. The subject of the research are often called as the data source. The writer classified the data source into primary source and secondary source. The primary source is the text of the novel, whereas the secondary source taken from books, magazines, and electronic device especially internet. The writer uses the library method to collect the data needed, that is observation method and documentation method. After collecting the data, the writer examining the story of the novel to find the socio cultural on Chinese women in the 19th century as reflected to the novel. The writer uses literary research by descriptive qualitative method under the sociological approach developed by Wallek and Warren and tries to give clearer information about socio cultural on Chinese women on the 19th century as reflected to the novel.

Some important research finding are describes socio cultural on Chinese women 19th century as reflected in Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. There are recurrent socio cultural in Chinese women in the 19th century as reflected to the novel, that is (1) economic status (procreation and sexual life), (2) ideological factors, (3) legal status, (4) Property relation, (5) foot binding, (6) friendship, (7) marriage, (8) young girl, (9) daughter in law, (10) wife, (11) concubines, (12) mother, and (13) the widow.

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