There seems to be different message from these two novels, The Dancer is much more questioning the norms covering the ―ronggeng‖ tradition while the Memoirs of Geisha tends to be accepting the geisha tradition as what it is. On the other hand, Srintil does rebellious action in this ―bukak klambu‖ occasion. In geisha it is used to benefit the Mother of Okiya and no rebellion of the geisha.

Although, both the novel and the memoir exam the treatment of the people on the local level they also examine the effects of the. This geisha and ronggeng culture reproduce many other cultural product such as ―mizuage‖ in geisha, and ―bukak klambu‖ in ―ronggeng‖ both of which refer to the same thing, selling the woman‘s virginity to the highest bidder. The novel The Dancer, by Ahmad Tohari and the memoir Across Three Wildernesses, by Ken McCullough, are first hand accounts of what it was like to be living during the cold war era in Southeast Asia. As the entertainers, the geisha and ―ronggeng‖ build and shape their body and performance to attract men. The purpose of this research is to describe the moral values of Srintil in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari. Practices as geisha and the mother, as the ―ronggeng‖ and the shaman. The negotiation and contestation come up between the actors in daily The result of the analysis shows that the power relation is not stable, and the power practiced by each of them is influenced by the symbolic capital and economic capital they have. This is analyzed through Foucault‘s theory of power. Power relation between them are unique and dynamics.

As an entertainer in the traditional sphere, they are bounded with the other women and build close interaction as well as power relation with them who are called ―Mother‖ in the Geisha and ―ronggeng shaman‖ in The Dancer. /rebates/2fThe-Dancer-Novel-Ahmad-Tohari2fbook2f51183337&. Same main female character of traditional entertainers, as a Japanese geisha and a Javanese traditional dancer, respectively. Main female character and ―Mother‖ in Arthur Golden‘s Memoirs of This article aims at comparing the ideas of power relation between the

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