Perempuan dalam Narasi Pascakolonial (Novel Bekisar Merah Karya Ahmad Tohari)

Abstract

A novel can be seen as “a text in the contexts”. So do Bekisar Merah by Ahmad Tohari, a distinctive Indonesian novelist. This article tries to present a critical reading of Bekisar Merah through post-colonialism perspectives, especially regarding to gender issue that was represented from the novel. How does the representation of women in that novel, and its relation to the social condition? That is the major question that would be answered in this article.