A FEMINIST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY

Nugraha, Muhammad Alvin Aditya (2025) A FEMINIST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY. Diploma thesis, Universitas Nasional.

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Abstract

This research examines the feminist discourse and gender performat ivit y in the documentary film She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014) by applying Sara Mills’ Feminist Discourse Analysis and Judith Butler’s Gender Performat ivit y theory. The study aims to explore how feminist discourse is constructed and how gender is performed and resisted through the film’s narrat ives, visual imagery, and performat ive acts. Using a qualitat ive descriptive method, t en selected scenes from the film were analyzed to ident ify linguist ic strategies, posit ionalit y of speakers,
and performat ive actions that subvert patriarchal norms. Data were collected from transcribed dialogue, visual sequences, and symbolic acts of prot est depicted in the
documentary. The findings show that, from Sara Mills’ perspect ive, the film reposit ions women from objects within discourse to authoritative subjects by foregrounding their voices, narratives, and agency. Meanwhile, from Butler ’s perspective, the film demonstrates that gender is socially constructed and can be disrupted through alternat ive performances that resist traditional femininit y. These
include protest marches, public speak-outs, and symbolic acts such as discarding beauty products to reject imposed beauty standards. The study concludes that She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry operates simultaneously as a historical record of second-wave feminism and as an ongoing act of feminist resistance. It highlights the interplay between discourse and performance in shaping feminist identit y,
offering both theoretical and pract ical implications for feminist scholarship, education, and activism.

Item Type:	Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Skripsi > Fakultas Sastra > Program Studi Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Delvy Aplirizani -
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2025 03:24
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2025 03:24
URI:	https://repository.unas.ac.id/id/eprint/14630

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