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THE PROTEST ART IN THE MOVIE STEP UP REVOLUTION

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Isti Lusia Chrispriyadinata
112009074

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUANGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

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TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER PAGE ............................................................................................ i
APPROVAL PAGE .................................................................................... ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT .................................................................... iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT ................................................................ iv

TABLE OF CONTENT .............................................................................. v
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ 1
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1
LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................. 5
Capitalism

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Louis Althusser‟s theory................................................................... 5
Social Concept…….......................................................................... 6
SUMMARY.................................................................................................. 7
ANALYSIS................................................................................................... 9
Capitalist system…………................................................................ 9
Art Protest……………………......................................................... 15
Social Concept…………………....................................................... 16

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CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT............................................................................ 21

REFERENCES............................................................................................. 22

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ABSTRACT
This paper analyzes the movie Step up Revolution using Louis Althusser‟s theory. The
problem that is become the background of this study is capitalism. The capitalist treated
his labors badly and it makes the proletariat fight against the capitalist by doing a protest.
The proletariat used art which is flashmob dance to protest the capitalist. The analysis in
this study is focused on the struggle of the proletariat; that is what makes flashmob dance
as the art protest succeed to protest against the capitalist through the scene and the
dialogue in the movie. This paper suggests that art can be used to protest against the
capitalist.
Keywords; capitalism, economic determinism, art, ideology