“Ordinary Teacher-Woman”: The Complicated Figure of the Mother / Teacher in Late Victorian Fiction

Fuller, Jennifer

doi:10.1353/vct.2019.0004

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“…In this context, ibu is the key as a vanguard of morality. Herriman et al (2016) state that being an ibu means reaching the "highest possible status achievement for a woman" in which 'ibu' means a 'virtuous wife and mother' (Fuller, 2019).…”

Section: Defining Ibu/mothermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Her husband's death made her fragile, weakened and eventually collapsed. Fuller (2019) says when a wife is left behind by her beloved husband, she tends to be weakened and collapsed. Behind her towering figure as an ibu, she depended so much on her husband.…”

Section: The Contested Motherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The roles are socially assigned and seen as vital for the society, such as to the transmission of culture. The story will be challenging when a single position of a mother is contested by more than one woman (Fuller, 2019). Arswendo Atmowiloto's novel Dua Ibu (Two Mothers), first published in 1980 and re-published in 2009, presents two mothers seeking to assume the role of being a mother for one son, Mamid.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Performing motherhood in the height of the New Order era: The contestation of two women in Dua Ibu

Riyanto

Albhar

2021

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The New Order regime in Indonesia was marked with a strong and centralized power including in defining motherhood. This article is aimed at investigating how the �Ibu� or motherhood becomes a contested arena between nameless Ibu and Tante Mirah and how this arena reflects the contestation of tradition and modernity in Java in the 1980s. Using close reading technique and contextualization, an investigation is done to see how the one role is contested by the two women. The nameless Ibu represents traditions shaped by the cultural and traditional milieu in Solo, Central Java. Meanwhile Tante Mirah migrates to Jakarta and builds her new economy and life.� It is evident that performing traditions has drained out Ibu�s financial resources. At the same time, Tante Mirah is successful in accumulating wealth. Consequently, Ibu goes bankrupt and lets Mirah take the son back. The novel documents the inevitable change of socially defined motherhood performed in the center of Javanese culture.

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Section: Defining Ibu/mothermentioning

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Section: The Contested Motherhoodmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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