FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY PORTRAYED BY THE MAIN FEMALE CHARACTER IN THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (2007) NOVEL
Gender is cultural concept constructed by society to define man and woman. This study aims to analyze gender performance in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The writer expects to see the portrayal of femininity and masculinity through the main female character in the novel...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed |
| Language: | English English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://repository.unair.ac.id/56934/1/ABSTRAK.pdf http://repository.unair.ac.id/56934/2/FS.%20BE.%20102-16%20Kha%20f.pdf http://repository.unair.ac.id/56934/ http://lib.unair.ac.id |
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| Institution: | Universitas Airlangga |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | Gender is cultural concept constructed by society to define man and
woman. This study aims to analyze gender performance in Cassandra Clare’s The
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The writer expects to see the portrayal of
femininity and masculinity through the main female character in the novel and her
negotiation toward the society. Clary Fray as the main female protagonist in this
novel is a teenage girl determined to search her missing mother. She is portrayed
as feminine-masculine character through her performance by joining
Shadowhunters. It is a community which has duty to maintain the Shadow World.
They are human with an extraordinary power of angel. Thus, this study uses
qualitative method and the theory of gender performativity by Judith Butler as a
framework. Based on the analysis, the writer found that Clary Fray learns to
behave in a certain way to be accepted by the society. She learns it from her
mother, Jocelyn, and Isabelle. Thus, she imitates both of them to attain the certain
ideal of beauty. |
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