The Construction of the Image of Madurese Women Through Nature: Ecofeminist Representation in the Poem Ibu by D. Zawawi Imron
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Artikel ini meneliti representasi citra perempuan dan keterkaitannya dengan alam melalui pembacaan ekofeminis terhadap puisi “Ibu” karya D. Zawawi Imron, yang menampilkan figur perempuan dan alam secara kuat dalam konteks budaya Madura, sehingga punya karakter khas dan unik untuk mengungkap relasi gender-ekologi dalam sastra Indonesia. Jenis kajian ini adalah analisis teks sastra dengan teknik pembacaan dekat. Data penelitian berupa teks puisi “Ibu” karya D. Zawawi Imron sebagai sumber data utama. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui studi pustaka dan pembacaan intensif terhadap teks, sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif-interpretatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori ekofeminisme Vandana Shiva (1988) dan Val Plumwood (1993), yang menyoroti representasi perempuan sebagai subjek ekologis yang berinteraksi harmonis dengan alam, menolak logika patriarki, serta menegaskan kesetaraan gender dan tanggung jawab ekologis sebagai bagian dari prinsip hidup. Teori Shiva digunakan untuk menafsirkan perempuan sebagai subjek yang selaras dengan alam, yang tercermin dalam aktivitas sehari-hari sebagai pusat makna ekologis dalam puisi. Sementara teori Plumwood tentang dekonstruksi dualisme, manusia dan alam, laki-laki dan perempuan, membantu mengungkap cara puisi “Ibu” menolak hierarki patriarkal melalui penggambaran perempuan yang menyatu dengan alam, bukan ditundukkan olehnya. Selain itu, analisis stilistika digunakan untuk menelaah gaya bahasa, diksi, citraan, dan metafora guna memperkuat interpretasi ekofeminis. Temuan penelitian mengindikasikan bahwa penyair mengonstruksi perempuan sebagai agen ekologis yang menegaskan rasa kepedulian dan tanggung jawab, baik sebagai figur keluarga maupun sebagai penggerak ekonomi sosial dan pelaku budaya, yang sejalan dengan prinsip ekofeminisme. Studi ini berkontribusi pada kajian sastra ekofeminisme di Indonesia dan memperkuat pemahaman tentang hubungan antara gender dan lingkungan dalam konteks budaya lokal.
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