Marginalization of Woman in Kremil Novel by Suparto Brata

Abstract

This study describes women’s marginalization in the Kremil novel by Suparto Brata through feminism theory. Focuses to discuss the forms of women's marginalization, the causes of women's marginalization, and the efforts to fight (eliminate and or minimize) women's marginalization. The Kremil community is a marginalized group and a troubling prostitution area for Indonesian’s people, especially in Surabaya. The form of women’s marginalization that can be observed are control over productive power, sexuality, women's motion, opinion right, ownership of assets or other economic resources, and disturbance in social condition. Marginalization of women character comes from three main factors: family, state, and economy. Efforts against marginalization aren’t carried out by all female characters. Resistance that leads to positive efforts is to improve life by trying to get out of prostitution, while destructive form to resist are reaching freedom, as freely as possible without heeding anything beyond her pleasure. Keywords—feminism, marginalization, and marginalization