Religious Conversion in the Movies : A Hegemonic Representation Among the Religious Diversity

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Abstract

As media of representation, film describes things in the society which’s close and familiar with the people, including certain aspect of religion. Religious theme has already introduced since this industry started. However, religious conversion is kind of rare topic to be discussed or inserted in any movie since film is a mass production in which the dimension of its impact is particularly intensive and broad. Focusing on two movies Ayat- Ayat Cinta ( Indonesia ) and Mu’allaf 2( Malaysia) , from two countries in which the Muslim is dominant, the research finds out that representing of this kind of topic is not only controversial but also unpopular since religious diversity is endorsed in most countries in the world. The represented idea is mostly based on the dominant culture preferences which implies to the way how and why things are represented. In this sense, those who control the production would eventually have a chance to present things on his/his own and project its own way of seeing the world so that those who are subordinated by it accepts it as ‘common sense’ and ‘natural’

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