Study on Women in Perspective of Marxist Feminism As Refleceted in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleed Hosseini

Suhada, Azharri Hilman and Elfiondri, Elfiondri and Femmy, Dahlan (2016) Study on Women in Perspective of Marxist Feminism As Refleceted in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleed Hosseini. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

Study in this thesis analyses Afghan women’s lives and roles which are believed to be tied up to patriarchal rules in aspect of society and politic. The analysis aims on the images of the women which likely become determinant of society’s treatments to them. Finding different images between the women themselves, and different treatments to them by society, the analysis is led to be conducted by using theory of Marxist Feminism which gives explanation of the phenomenon. Applying Eagleton and Milne’s Marxist Feminism, it is seen that the women themselves are actually divided into two different social classes: bourgeoisie and proletariat. Having guided by the theory and other similar ones, it is found that not all of women oppressed and bound by patriarchy. Hence, Afghan women’s life and role are apparently different each other depend on social class they belong. While bourgeoisie women are immune to any oppression because of being powerful in economy, the proletariat ones are oppressed by society which is ruled by patriarchal concept. Keywords: Afghan women, patriarchal culture, women class division, marxist feminism

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