A WOMAN'S RIGHTS TO GET BETTER EDUCATION IN A BORDER PASSAGE BY LEILA AHMED: A FEMINIST STUDY.

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English DepartmeDf
Faculty of L€ttels - Aodrhs Ubiversity

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Study.

ABSTRAK

Ddm p€nelitid ini

nengsalis karra Leila Ahhed, yaitu A Boder Passe. A
Boder Pssaqe adalah sebuah nemon (autobiogafi) kntos seorang tokoh yane bcm@a Lcila.
'lokoh ini tmbuh dalm kelEga tmg n6ih menjunjung nil,i nilai I'arrirky yana mcmbuat
p€nulis


kedudukm wlnilalebih rendah ddi pria terutlm dalan kelulrgaibutrya, Beidrsrk.n ddk yrns
di drpat ddi nenon ini terdapar isu reminis nenseu pada hal untuk toendalarkd pendidike
ydg baik diperoleh LeilaAhmed dalam 2 6p€k. yaitur dengd pendidiksn sks mendapa(m
pekedm dd sektor publik ydg baik.

Dalan nmbana kryr sta ini, penulis menggunakan Fndekabn ek$resif ol.h
MH.Abms dm k tik s4Ea leninis oleh Elaine Showdlrer Dllan hsl ini pcnulis nchgeuatd
rcori Elaine Shosaller yaitu w ila scbaeai penulh, yakni gynocdiics. Yan! $embahas
basaim apenulispMit nenggmbtrks inage wi|a di dalm kary! srE Eebutdenean
mcpobaikd I ksempaEn te6ebut. Pe.ulis n€ngsunakan pcncliid kepu6latd dalad
lensumpultr buku'buku db rlerosi yus b€rkaih d€nso loptk anatisis. Kenudim
dildjulke densan netode luolitatif u.tuk mengmbil kulipan-kulipm ydg mendlkun! alisa
penllh, I I6i1 Lsebul dipapdke nelaldi netode deskiprit
Selelah

penelili ini dislceikm,

penulG menemuhn b3nwa dslan karya Lcita Ahmed

tentang hal hrt wmira untuk mendapa&m pcndidike ydg lebih baik.

pendidiko
Melalui
s{amtidak l gsung wanib bhalertetas dsisisr€m patriarki yrng rerdrpur
ddd keludssya. Disini bila mendpilktr hal te6ebu! petu4 Leila nenckok supald
wanira bie nend4atkan pendidikan yd8 layak untuk nengbnskar dcBjarnya sendiri supdyd
lidak lemsn di maro loli-leki. Melaluipendidik ini smila aka. mcndopa&d r€terj$ yn8
mdmbuat dcrajar mereka ema di mar.laki-takidd ketuardari shrd pat iarki y3.g sudah tda
mensukMg di lcluarsa dm nasyanlal. Keduq dengm mendopatktr pendidito, N ji. .ld
menpunyai lclerlibatln dalam sekor publik..,adi dapd disinputktu b,nwa t,eih Ahmcd
mene*ake supaya wdib selidalnya hsrus nenitiki pendidikd sebagai tonb€! buat neElra
keluadaripaham patidki dan nembuat dcnjar nereka lebih reHckat.

ini menyueaktu

CIIAPTER

1

B$ksroud ol rb€ RMrch


1,1 Th€

Fen'nis is voma's

movenent to slru$l€

position lo man. leFinist dis novenenl

Mo@ve( reoi.ist criticim

i.

in setins equal rights dd

6nes frm f&t

that womch

@ oppGsed.


lir€mnn app€d fion the lrci thd posnion of

obso su or criiics re doninated by nen, As Baly in his book enlitled Beqinnine

Th6tu An htodu.lion to Litew ed Cultnl Tb6n
works pEse.t yonan

s

the

nm

dl€oe, but nost

domimtion" 1l2l)- FurlhemoF, feninist qitios

states

of$n


tha! "in fi€

ndy
no's

always pesenr

wet to delhc deir om

neld,

particultrly in litemry crilicisn lhot discusses oboul this issue md usually tne wofts

e

b6ed on 6eir oM peDFcrive. reminin likmD cnhcrs iq

lileey


works thDugh women poinls of views

lile lik€ rutobiosmphy or mehoir ih
One oI the
Sh€ is

she

e

a

6

the

Bult ol

developm€.t


lil$ry wo*.

mite6 rho opply the feninist ida in their work

EglTtim

ad lsnEr

of

sone.

wond's

Studi€s in

is

t-ila


Ahned.

Masrnuetts. The {ay of

exprses ids in work bosd on her peso.al exrEriences. One of her no$

pop d works is A Bodd Pseqe. a nemoir which lelb

soBd

opDortunities

iet

drinss aiout the

in ondilion of patriehal lalue paniculely in Elisio.
hr mo$d's fmily.

F6p€ctive


in the

tine innemdy ir

The

wile.

ch@ses A aorder pdsaEe

Eslptia wons or Leila s m€noir 6

e

mitl€n by Leila Ah6ed r€lling abour

objecq

beeus 6rsi,lhis


ndoir

o

implies

the side

ofRonm\

r.ih's

still adheEd ih
ftorhers

dgh|s to epi beuer eduootion in @ndition of patrilFhal value

fmily Enains

holdins on the polridcnol valuc. whilc in inc

notheas feith, Leila's rrther suppons the eqDal ight betwen

Ssndy,

ne.

d

*ee appercd

leila muld nol acquirc

she

dd

wom

60r

d€spite the @ndilion

th€

by wohan's adho!

witer choosB

dd b€.dF

a!$or he6en Tnmud this m€moi.. &.

d*rib€s
$e

the woman

d

tule which

enbaced by tEr nother's

lamily lnlhk memoi! Leile blunlly shows wom& opporlunities to

Mittd

6clqs

nust live 6glinsl the r'adnional role in her

moth€ls lamily by bFting the tule that h6 exisred

The 161

wmen-

in t€m of eduetion, job md public

caily baause

b hr

@ B.y to hcr

this menon aho d€liveB aboul lhe inequlity of gcnder

nen dd women that

Md educational

qisl

mothq fmily, Al lhal tihe, the equl dght did

ofpntiNhal

b€ an intelleotual

value wnioh

rhis lopic md work

till

odhq€d

b.euse $is nenoir is

this is rhe real exp€ri.nce or lrue story ot lhe

{iter

6

obseNe how ihe

nain cha@ler in h6 nenon.

I

na*es rhe

ki6 d wnu

{ite.

is

awde

or

somelono ior 6pRialb inthelnonfi*o ink'tr\mmon
Leila

M

bon ftom lhe upper cl6s family. In A Bord€r pssq€ m€mon

Leila tells bow she pu^ued her goal ro be
the middle

ofa

d

educrtiobal

dd

shohg pEtriecbal value thar sritt adheed

Ddpile ths fact of mo,lm eF

ed

i.

intellectu.t wohm in
h€r noth€fs &mity

rhe &ct of d€cEsins sender div€6ity, in fa€t,

palrlehal value siill existed ib Leila's molher fdmity, but Lrila
lcrosledge

a!

sented

to shate her

womm thal laler rEkes her su@eds ro sain lhe equat iights to

ns.

CII.APTER

IV

CONCI,USION

A BorderPaseqe is

d

nenonwittcn bv

in 1999 This nleNoir

L'eila Ahmc'i

educational
her dreds to bc inlellectual and
leth hos ihc E&vP1id somd pusued
j{ib
rhai nrslcs rvomen cln lei a good
enu@Ion
gcttine
bv
'nd
shows
Ahhcd
Leila
good public role that makes women

achieved

b!

he.

en

go outside

nodcr's woman la'rilv nemb&

lon

such as nro0rerr

aunts. Shc has io deal with various obsbclcs 10 achicve

The $dggle lo be on i.lelleciuJ

dd edustionll

bc
Paridchal val06 cannot

rll oi

gm'dnoihcri

nghts

thd

and

sho wants

somrn must go tbroug[ a lor ot

erons. some olwhich is bv brcakiDg thc rule or livcs ourside fron ihc pahiarchrl
p$sive
rule that inhcrendt dheres in hcr morhcas believe that is woncn nust bc
and subnissivc
opprcssed

molheas

sd

bl han

makins hen

s

directly bul she

supe!.r thd qoncn

h

oppressed by lhc

rulci or svsr'ms in

rmily thol is rundmcntalisl islm bt Egedine

seems like unfair tirr

lthoush lcila is not

man as

her

sLFio. ald il

Ronan.

ln anal,zins this Esedr.h rhc wtitct

locuscs on rltce poinls,

fiEt in rh.

prkiarchal religious intcrpEtation by seekins out women d €ducalior tnen wohen

dd

*o (

work. As lhc rcsult womcn rolc in educarion md

rhat

liv6

und€r the

pabidchal religion 3re srill m.re inlerior io mcr. Bccause peoFle beliel in thd
tmdiiioislrules in which palrirchalruie is e8arded nen
while vomen

ed

{e

expsted to be nore obeliem wid rhe

a

lll

a suterio.b€ing orBod

ofrules creaied by nale

rhey cffndr rei€ct at all, rhe6b! these rulcs Esulted the condirion rhal womet

positio. is regardetl

&s

work. h n diincun for

!

second scx such in

dcn

gilinaopinion. coEplaint, serncnl

sd

l€dilional tub tnal ir Erendy a.tEres in the

ro leale the

sociolt Lr mMl yer^ because ii sems like iigrained forrhem and.te lhc so.iely
Morcover, thc circumsbnccs whcn thcy lile did not suppon rhc wohen in serlinellE
equal rieht. Thus.lhc socict! will look

Sccond,

dom lor so(en opposire

lhc writer rocuses on rhc

loft

ofthe sle6tjpcs

aDd

.l

beaking

worrei

in

rhe

jis

mchon who liye unde. pafiNhal thar makes thc slcrcortpcd of rvo'n6 exisred in

ihk toemoir in reins ofsubmissivc (rilling

10

subnn or sho{ira such inclimtnrn)

md pa$ive (dre form olexpressiod rhar iJ incdcdivc orambitiout. Hcre, jn

subnisive, lhe womcn in
case

nother !rc bore dependsnl on nale rotci i,r dris

isthe Bmndfadcr. Trris condition naLes the yomen in t,etts snrothotobeome

inferior and regard ncn

i.

bla\

d

supedorsuch

6

g@dfalher Md husband in family Thcn,

pasivc lcm, women becomc unmolivared woeen

b rsch

lndn.pponuniries as it

h rcflected in the behaviorolwonen fanily nember in Leitr.s moiher

The

l$t,

patriarchal rule

the

s

aritd

r.cuses on women.s opponlnilies

as a strbnissive

get thou8h

lie all ol oplortuniiies

erlucalion, jdb

md passive wohm such
10 reach the

lnd public iole l-arer, t€ila

fmily$!twoman
patirohal rule

tmily

to tive

found in A Border Paseqe. L.ila Ahmed docs nor

$ereolpcd

the

remr.f

also car get the s@e
in order ro rdllow her

s

her toolhels

oubide

wdt lo b.

fmily,

so shc

opponunity lo bc eqDt in iem

succ@ds

of

to pbve with her norher.s

opponunitiess nm by moving aulsid€ ot

drans

ro have thc

enc

opporhrnities in {he

ourideollherulc.Alihough leib
and deais

beakthe

te in he. morhq

rvi$ sone conhdicrion frcn her mother

fmily,

prove to her noilrer lanily thar womcn dese8e equiLy

fimity rRditionll

s6e

fim|y

ru

le

succccns to

h ma y snccts oflifc

such

!r

to bc inrellectual and educatiomt woman and arc not onty resp.nsibte a6.ur wom$
domcsiic iury ar homc. rn the orhcr
20rh ccnturt. is

molcmcnts

$

rhelimcwh.n

hdd

sociery and ar the rinre rcita tives,

the condnior alreadt

cely

c.n slFflrert tcila to mako sojne

rharher lirmily can acccpr he. and belietcteeodc. equir!.

From all olrhe rnatysisabove, thc

witcs

coictudes

rtrxL

A Bo.iqrp$saEck

qM&, h

cl.scttr rotrrei wirh cyn{Eriris thcory since ir h wriring made b}

tr

wfiting. *omcn s represenl lhc fremoir about thc author

erperiene. Lcila

Ahmed N a fcnale &thor

hd

succeened Ecounling

serqd

ier llemonat c$cricnc. in

iifethrough rhisnemo;. shede suppoA rhe feninisr idarn lnismcndir. in
sJrc

ponmys the couBeeous women

r.

lhh

her

lhhh

brcak or tjve ouiside psria.chat rutes. She

shows her stftre8y to gain indepondencc by gening educdnrn
thar nakes

gel a Eood job and public mte makins them

ch

romen c&

ao oukidc raom paridchat values

rhsl inhercnt by women. In lne orher hand, palriehy uses a el,sion
th.r js
fundafrenralisr Islam as a ptace

to make womcn ro b. iiterior ro men. In flcr

padarchal vrlues docs nol existed in
wooen position inlcriortho men.

Egft

bur in Aherjca atso

hs h

rhat

n.tes

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