The Representation of Social Class Conflicts in Ally Condie’s Matched

Dyah Purwita Wardani(1*), Vony Rizka Ayu Lestari(2)

(1) University of Jember
(2) University of Jember
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Matched belongs to the dystopian novel, which is popular in the last twenty years. This genre usually satirizes the established state, which controls every part of people’s lives.  Matched talks about how the government control people’s lives led to the social class conflict.  The social class conflict is essential to be discussed because it shows the unequal structure in the established society. The objective of this research is to examine Ally Condie’s Matched by using Stuart Hall’s theory of representation is to find out the class conflict and exposes the critical position of the author. The method used is descriptive qualitative. The analysis technique is to look at the narrative of the figures, Cassia Reyes and Ky Markham, as the reflection of citizen struggle in a totalitarian government called Society. The findings show that Cassia and Ky have to strive in Society because Society perpetuates its power by manipulating politics and exploiting the economy. This research is encouraging the other researchers to examine Matched from different angles, perspectives and theories to complement the findings of this current study.

 


Keywords


dystopian society; representation; social class; Utah

Full Text:

PDF

References


Arnold, S.(2017). Capitalism, Class Conflict, and Domination. Socialism & Democracy. 31(1), 106-124. DOI: 10.1080/ 08854300.2016.1215810

Barber, S. (2017, Oct 27).UtahMarriage Culture. Retrieved from https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/10/27/barber-utah-marriage-culture-poses-problems-young-adults/

Barlow, P. L. (2012). Chosen Land, Chosen People: Religious and American Exceptionalism among the Mormons. The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 10(2), 51-58. DOI:10.1080/15570274. 2012.682511

Badcock, S. (2017). Interrogating Working-Class Lives: Evidence in SocialHistory. Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 18(2), 371-376. DOI:10.1353/kri.2017.0023

Bailey, T., & Walter, T. (2015). Funerals against Death. Mortality, 21(2),149-166. Doi:10.1080/13576275.2015.1071344

Condie, A.(2011).Matched.USA: Penguin Books. pp366

Chan, C-C.(2012). Class or Citizenship? Debating Workplace Conflict in China. Journal of Contemporary Asia. 42(2), p308-327. DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2012.668666

Christensen, H., & Christense, H. (1976). Mormon Sexuality in Cross-cultural Perspective. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 10(2), 62-75. DOI: 10.2307/45224573

Community Action Partnership of Utah-CAP. (2018). 2017-2018 Annual Report of Poverty in Utah. Retrieved from https://caputah.org/images/ poverty-reports-full/CAPU_ POVRPRT_WEB2-min.pdf

Davidson, L. (2011). Income Inequality. www.archivearchivesltrib.com. Accessed June,10th 2018

Dejours, C. (2014). Work and Self-Development. Critical Horizons, 15(2), 115-130. DOI:10.1179/ 1440991714z.00000000027

Dodson, K. (2017). Economics Decline and Class Conflict. Social Forces. 95(4), p1509-1537. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sox027

Ericson, L. (2019). On “Mormon” in Mormon Studies Publishing. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 52(3), 29-34. DOI: 10.5406/dialjmormthou.52.3.0029

Garcia-Faroldi, L. (2017). The Role of the Partner in Social Support networks in Spain. International Review of Sociology, 27(2), 334-352. DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2017.1298425

Greenfield, C. G. G., Lytle, P., & Hays, F. M. (2016). Living the Divine Divide: A Phenomenological Study of Mormon Mothers Who are Career-Professional Women. Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, 16 (sup1), 1–14. DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2016.1164995

Hall, S. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices. London. SAGE Publications.pp400

Jallard, P. (2013). Bereavement in the English Family 1850-1980: Exploring Change Over Time. Family Science, 4(1), 4-11. DOI: 10.1080/ 19424620.2013.819224

Lodge, S. (2010). Ally Condie. www.publisherweekly.com. accessedNov, 30 th 2018

Lott, B., & Saxon, S. (2002). The Influence of Ethnicity, Social Class, and Context on Judgments About U.S. Women. The Journal of Social Psychology, 142(4), 481–499. DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603913

Kessinger, T. (2008, November 25). Column: Mormonism the Next Threat to the Traditional Marriage.CBC News. https://www.cbsnews. com/news/column-mormonism-the-next-threat-to-traditional-marriage/

Mallan, K. (2017). Dystopian Fiction for Young People: Instructive Tales of Resilience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 37(1), 16-24. DOI: 10.1080/ 07351690.2017.1250586

McTernan, W.P., Dollard, M.F., & LaMontagne, A.D. (2013). Depression in the workplace: An Economic cost Analysis of Depression-related Productivity Loss Attributable to Job Strain and Bullying. Work & Stress, 27(4), 321-338. DOI: 10.1080/ 02678373.2013.846948

Mitima-Verloop, H.B., Mooren, T.T.M., & Boelen, P.A. (2019). Facilitating Grief: An Exploration of the Function of Funerals and Rituals in Relation to Grief Reactions. Death Studies, 1-11. DOI:10.1080/07481187.2019.1686090

Moen, D., Bradford, K., Lee, T.R., Harris, V.W., & Stewart, J. W. (2015). After The Honeymoon: The Evolution of Problem Issues in Utah LDS Marriages. Marriage & Family Re view, 51(5), 396-417. Doi: 10.1080/014929.2015.1059787

Park, L.H.(2020). May 11). Utah's Underage Marriage Problem. Retrieved from http://www. theutahbee.com2018/11/20/utahs-underage-marriage-problem/

Qin, X. (2018). Ethical Consciousness under Totalitarianism-Review on George Orwell’s 1984. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 9(4), 731-737. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/ jltr.0904.08

Riess, J. (2020). The Next Mormons: How Millenials Are Changing the LDS Church. Oxford University Press.

Rorty, A. (2016). The Burdens of Love. The Journal of Ethics,20 (4), 341-354. Retrieved May 18, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/44077337. DOI:10.1007/s10892-016-9216-y

Rubiyanto, Y.E. (2016). Social Class Conflict Presented in "The Kite Runner" Novel Based on Marxism Theory. Journal of English Language and Education. 2(2),125-132.

Sineokaya, Y.V.(2019). The Notion of Love in the Early Twentieth- Century Russian Philosophical, Tradition Russian Studies in Philosophy.57(4), 297–306. DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2019. 1660560

Siwa, J., & Viliran, J. (2016). Taming Class Conflict? Industrial Peace and Workers' Resistance in the Philippines, 2001-2016. Philippine Sociological Review, 64, 41-72. Retrieved November 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/45014288

Supratman, L.P. (2019). A Qualitative Study of Teenagers Viewpoint in Dealing with Parents’ Divorce in Indonesia. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 1-13. DOI:10.1080/ 10502556.2019.1699374

Walker, D.H. (2005). Are State Marriage Amendments Bills of Attainder?: A Case Study of Utah’s Amendment Three. Brigham Young University Law Review. 2005(3), 799-833

Witko, C. (2017).Upper Class Bias and Class Conflict in America. Forum, (2194-6183). 15(1), 127-149




DOI: https://doi.org/10.24257/atavisme.v23i2.684.220-232

Article metrics

Abstract views : 5197 | views : 878

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.




ATAVISME INDEXED BY:

   

ATAVISME is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Visit Number:

View My Stats