DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL

This paper discusses ‘Miss USA, Emma Knight’, a short story written by Studs Terkel. The analysis of the story reveals how the industries of capitalism through the discourse of beauty contest has distorted the meaning of American Dreams in order to gain and accumulate as much profit as possible. Mis...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desvalini Anwar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Negeri Padang 2009-12-01
Series:Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/linguadidaktika/article/view/7368
_version_ 1811317317959680000
author Desvalini Anwar
author_facet Desvalini Anwar
author_sort Desvalini Anwar
collection DOAJ
description This paper discusses ‘Miss USA, Emma Knight’, a short story written by Studs Terkel. The analysis of the story reveals how the industries of capitalism through the discourse of beauty contest has distorted the meaning of American Dreams in order to gain and accumulate as much profit as possible. Miss Universe Incorporated, as the representation of the capitalist in this analysis, has in such a way intimidated and exploited ‘its worker’, Emma Knight, the beauty queen of Miss USA to overwork nights and days, as if she were a money machine. However, at the same time, this beautiful intelligent queen, whose personal meaning of American Dreams differs from those of the mainstreams’, takes the opportunity of being a queen to show her own meaning of the dreams. Thus she takes her responsibilities of being Miss USA on her own terms.
first_indexed 2024-04-13T12:05:58Z
format Article
id doaj.art-4db7f9c1e8494b31be1fecc943eddc09
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1979-0457
2541-0075
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-13T12:05:58Z
publishDate 2009-12-01
publisher Universitas Negeri Padang
record_format Article
series Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa
spelling doaj.art-4db7f9c1e8494b31be1fecc943eddc092022-12-22T02:47:39ZengUniversitas Negeri PadangLingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa1979-04572541-00752009-12-0131465810.24036/ld.v3i1.73686307DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKELDesvalini Anwar0FBSS Universitas Negeri PadangThis paper discusses ‘Miss USA, Emma Knight’, a short story written by Studs Terkel. The analysis of the story reveals how the industries of capitalism through the discourse of beauty contest has distorted the meaning of American Dreams in order to gain and accumulate as much profit as possible. Miss Universe Incorporated, as the representation of the capitalist in this analysis, has in such a way intimidated and exploited ‘its worker’, Emma Knight, the beauty queen of Miss USA to overwork nights and days, as if she were a money machine. However, at the same time, this beautiful intelligent queen, whose personal meaning of American Dreams differs from those of the mainstreams’, takes the opportunity of being a queen to show her own meaning of the dreams. Thus she takes her responsibilities of being Miss USA on her own terms.http://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/linguadidaktika/article/view/7368distorsi, kapitalis, American Dreams
spellingShingle Desvalini Anwar
DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa
distorsi, kapitalis, American Dreams
title DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
title_full DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
title_fullStr DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
title_full_unstemmed DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
title_short DISTORSI KAPITALIS TERHADAP AMERICAN DREAMS DALAM CERPEN MISS U.S.A, EMMA KNIGHT KARYA STUDS TERKEL
title_sort distorsi kapitalis terhadap american dreams dalam cerpen miss u s a emma knight karya studs terkel
topic distorsi, kapitalis, American Dreams
url http://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/linguadidaktika/article/view/7368
work_keys_str_mv AT desvalinianwar distorsikapitalisterhadapamericandreamsdalamcerpenmissusaemmaknightkaryastudsterkel