Research Article
Power and Social Gap in Gundala Transmediality
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-12-2020.2311262, author={Irish Hening}, title={Power and Social Gap in Gundala Transmediality}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar on Translation Studies, Applied Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies, STRUKTURAL 2020, 30 December 2020, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={STRUKTURAL}, year={2021}, month={9}, keywords={transmedia storytelling capital field habitus gundala inequality power relations social class}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-12-2020.2311262} }- Irish Hening
Year: 2021
Power and Social Gap in Gundala Transmediality
STRUKTURAL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-12-2020.2311262
Abstract
For centuries, social class is still existing and has resulted the clashes between humans. Indonesian society has hundreds of millions of populations which is dominated by the working class, but a smaller number of middle classes still holds the highest power and can control all aspects in the social life. It causes various conflicts that have plagued the community. The working class is always marginalized and subordinated. Social inequality ensued and caused chaos. Sometimes people are not aware of this problem and just remain unconscious. Therefore, literary works and other cultural products are often presented as a tool to voice the opinions and describe the social realities that actually occur in our society. In 2019, Hasmi's comic Gundala Putra Petir was adapted into a movie also titled Gundala: Negeri ini Butuh Patriot which is written and directed by Joko Anwar in collaboration with Bumilangit Studio. Then Bumilangit Studio published its movie adaptation comic titled The Official Movie Adaptation Gundala: Takdir which is a piece of the puzzle to build the story world of Gundala (2019). The distribution of the Gundala story (2019) is not only limited to movies and printed comics, but is also presented in the online comic titled Gundala: Son of Lightning which is published in the online comic platform Webtoon.
