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Gender, Language and Literature

The Portrayal of Javanese Women in Selected Waljinah’s Songs:

A Hermeneutics Study

Tri Murniati, Hendri Restuadhi, R. Pujo Handoyo

Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto

Javanese women are culturally known as kanca wingking referring to their

responsibility for doing domestic chores. Women are also seen as “prides” for

men complementing turonggo (riding animal), kukilo (bird pet), wismo

(house) and curigo (weapon/skill). This article explores the portrayal of

Javanese women through the lyrics of Javanese songs popularized by

Waljinah by applying qualitive method which focuses on hermeneutic

analysis. This analysis enables us to unravel meanings from a written text,

such as song lyrics. Therefore, the primary data are taken from selected

Waljinah’s songs. The secondary data are taken from the literatures on

Javanese songs, hermeneutics, and the sociological context of society when

the songs were popular. The results show that the selected songs illustrate

Javanese women as active, motherly, and independent indicating remarkable

traits of Javanese women. The traits are well demonstrated in the songs titled

Walang Kekek (grasshopper), Lelo Ledung (lullaby), and Resepsi (wedding

party)

Keywords: bargaining position, independency, Javanese songs, Walang Kekek

Short Biography:

Tri Murniati is a lecturer at Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. She graduated from

Universitas Diponegoro, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English

Literature and earned her doctoral degree in Comparative Literature and Cultural

Studies from the University of Arkansas. Her research interests lie in the broad

area of literature, migrant literature, and gender studies.

Hendri Restuadhi is a lecturer at Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. He graduated

from Universitas Gadjah Mada, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sociology

and earned his second master degree in Sociology from Flinders University of

South Australia.

Raden Pujo Handoyo completed his Master Degree in Applied Linguistics

(Translation Studies) at Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta (UNS) in 2007. He has

been working as a lecturer for English Department, Universitas Jenderal

Soedirman (Unsoed) Purwokerto since 2000. His interests include Translation

Studies, Pragmatics, CDA, and ESL. He is currently working on his research on

voice-to-voice translation.

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