CITRA PEREMPUAN SUKU DANI DALAM NOVEL ETNOGRAFI SALI, KISAH SEORANG WANITA SUKU DANI KARYA DEWI LINGGASARI: ANALISIS KRITIK SASTRA FEMINIS RUTHVEN

The research conducted on a novel tittled Sali, The Story of a Dani Woman (SKSWSD) by Linggasari aims to contribute ideas on the study of women, especially images of Dani women by using feminist literary criticism from Ruthven. Dani women live in a patriarchal system that treats women in a disadvantageous position. In this research, the concept images of women is used to reveal the nature of stereotype representation of women oppression. In ethnographic novel SKSWSD, the author tried to criticize the patriarchal system that is represented from Dani female figures with their life background, there by it establishes the image of Dani women. The results from the character identification shows that there contrafeminist and profeminist characters in the middle of patriarchal culture. The analysis of language aspects are used for the reflection of Dani women�s image. According to the analysis of aspects of language usage, there are three conceptions. First, the language showed gender differences. Second, the language refers to the symbols of feminine and masculine. Third, as a form of criticism from women toward men in the middle of patriarchal culture. The ideology of women's imaging proves that women rule over theirself, always trying to be free from male dominance, and they have right to get education. Analysis of the image of women shows Dani women have image in the domestic sector and the image in the public sector. Based on the research, it can be concluded that novel ethnography SKSWSD raises the problems of women who live in the middle of the patriarchal system. The female characters in the novel have to make a protest action for the gender inequality they get, not merely an idea or discourse of feminism