Agustianingsih (2009) Western greed to rule over Islam : dismantling the politics of representation in Kingdom of Heaven / Agustianingsih. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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Abstrak Kingdom of Heaven focuses on the balanced portrayal between Muslims and Christians possibly to try in vein finding an understanding between Christians and Muslims in vein struggle to reduce the impact of war on terror . In the struggle the film tries to introduce a better alternative to replace the fanaticism on certain religious faiths which is living based on Western humanism. The film suggests that all human beings will be better off without the existence of religious faiths. In this study I will dismantle the politics of representation used in Kingdom of Heaven. Semiotics analysis and Post-colonial studies will be used to reveal the answers for these questions How Islamic principles see Western humanism values in Kingdom of Heaven What politics of representation it implies What strategy it uses to make it reasonable What is the implication of this strategy The politics of representation in Kingdom of Heaven implies that Western humanism values are the best. However both values are different and there is no way of seeing Islamic values of humanity as inferior than those of Western. The politics of representation includes techniques which emphasize the best ideal characteristics of human being embodied in Balian of Ibelin and the characterization of humanized Muslims (Western-like Muslims) and Muslims as the insignificant other. Muslims in this film are always positioned as the ones dominated by Western. The politics of representation in the movie imply the Western greed to rule over Muslims by constructing a discourse which naturalizes the Western domination over Muslims in the movie.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Sosial (FIS) > Departemen Sosiologi > S1 Pendidikan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2009 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2009 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/139542 |
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