The Role and Position of Bundo Kanduang In Local Color of Minangkabau Contemporary Novels

摘要

This research was generally aimed to explain about the role and the position of Bundo Kanduang in local color novels Minangkabau written in the New Era. Specifically, it focused on creating a systematic, factual, and accurate picture or painting of the facts, traits and relationships among the phenomena under investigation. This qualitative research has data that decomposes in the form of words or images, not in the form of numbers. This study applied content analysis approach (content analysis) because it intends to dig the contents and messages contained in data or research data sources. Based on the research found that women as Bundo Kanduang in the people on the novels Minangkabau background in the New Era looks more freely in running its role. A woman can take her own decisions in running her life, and even has actively participated in the institution of women's empowerment. They are more able to choose the preferred spouse. In some novels they even dare to reject the rules that they think harm the people. In addition, some novels revealed the existence of women through working, not limited to taking care of the household, but can be involved in the community.