Kekerasan Simbolik terhadap Perempuan dalam Film Serial “Induk Gajah” Karya Muhadkly Acho: Analisis Semiotika Roland Barthes

Abstract

This research is entitled Symbolic Violence Against Women in the "Induk Gajah" Film Series by Muhadkly Acho: Semiotic Analysis of Roland Barthes. This research aims to determine the symbols of violence against women in the "Induk Gajah" film series by Muhadkly Acho. This research uses a qualitative approach with qualitative methods that require researchers to argue in interpreting the object under study. The data collection method used in this research was collected directly from the scenes shown in the film and by library research. This research uses Roland Barthes' semiotic analysis, which consists of the meaning of denotation, connotation, myth, and five reading codes. The results of this research are seven scenes that have been explained using denotative and connotative levels and five reading codes. The symbolic violence found in the "Induk Gajah" film series by Muhadkly Acho is the domination of power in the family, the normalization of parents who pressure their offspring to marry at a certain age, freedom for women, the application of beauty standards to women, and patriarchy to women. Apart from that, there are myths found in this film series, namely patriarchal culture and beauty myths.