Institutional Repository UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T15:45:37ZEPrintshttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/2019-11-08T01:43:06Z2019-11-08T01:43:14Zhttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/35077This item is in the repository with the URL: http://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/350772019-11-08T01:43:06ZWESTERN SUPERIORITY AGAINTS EAST AS SEEN IN
THE KINGDOM MOVIE (2007)ABSTRACT
As the Western movie industry, Hollywood has a large effect in creating
identity. In 2007, a war, action, thriller movie entitled The Kingdom was
produced. The movie is about cooperation between Saudi and America for
combating terrorist together. Although the movie is about cooperation, the West
depict themselves as equal, modern, strong, and powerful country. Meanwhile, the
West also depict the East in such ways like, inequal, insubordinate, weak,
ruthless, radical, devout, horrible place, the West consider the East as terror
feeder. The West depicts the East in such ways to show their superiority. It is the
reason which makes the researcher interested to research further how the West
superiority is shown in this movie. The researcher uses Orientalism theory by
Edward Said to find out the Orientalism patterns through the movie. This research
focuses on the Orientalism pattern such as sociological aspects, political aspects,
military aspects, and ideological aspects. The researcher uses descriptive
qualitative method for deeper analysis. The conclusion of the research is Western
superiority in some aspects that are shown in this movie. Meanwhile, the West
manages and even produces the Orient sociologically, militarily, politically, and
ideologically to show that the West is more superior to the East.
Keywords: West, East, Superiority, Orientalism, Movie, The Kingdom (2007)NIM, 15150047 Dimas Setiawan