Bissu’s Transvestites in the Buginese-Makassar Tradition through the Transformation of Faisal Oddang’s Literary Works

An Intertextuality Study

Bibliographic Data

ID9744449
AuthorsSaharul Hariyono (0000-0002-1035-0720, Yogyakarta State University, corresponding author), Nurhadi Bewe (Yogyakarta State University)
Year2022
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1-23
Publication date2022-06-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueManusya Journal of Humanities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0859-9920 • E-ISSN: 2665-9077
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/26659077-24020006
OpenAlexW4283160421
LanguageEN
References cited21

Writer Faisal Oddang narrated the existence of the bissu community seemingly reconstructed from an understanding of the historical text to become more colorful. This article questions how the transformation model of bissu community figures is revealed in Oddang’s fictional work. This study utilizes Julia Kristeva’s intertext abstracted through ideologeme as a text arrangement that refers to the space of exterior texts (semiotic practice). The results of the study show: first, how the transformation model of the bissu community character appears in the work of fiction; second, the libido of bissu community in their sacred place; third, the bissu community character from marginalized positions fighting injustice against Darul Islam/Indonesia Islamic Army rebels both physically and verbally; fourth, the negotiation of bissu community leaders saving the faith by syncretism with Islam over the religious purification incident. Therefore, in fiction, the character of the bissu community shows both opposition and resistance

Art · Faith · Injustice · Intertextuality · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Semiotics · Sociology · Theology · Asian Studies and History · Cultural Identity and Representation · History · Islamic Finance and Communication · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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