@phdthesis{digilib79266, month = {August}, title = {REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIM MINORITY AS THE OTHER IN THE INVADERS (2018)}, school = {UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA}, author = {NIM.: 18101050032 Haidar Ryan Saputra}, year = {2025}, note = {Dr. Witriani, S.S. M.Hum.}, keywords = {Muslim, Liyan, Diskriminasi, The Invaders}, url = {https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/79266/}, abstract = {In some movies from the west, Muslim living western society are represented as oppressed minority. The issues are rooted from how Muslim is viewed from the western perspective. Jayla, the protagonist, experiences social alienation, oppression, intimidation, and stereotyping in her society, a secular western society. The treatment she received from her society is due to her status as the other. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The theory used in this research is Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak?s otherness theory which focusses on how society behave toward group inside it. This research aims to determine the form of action subjected toward Muslim minority as the other depicted in The Invaders (2018). The factor which caused Jayla?s as the other to experiences social alienation, oppression, intimidation, and stereotyping was her status as Muslim minority living in western society. Jayla as other are subjected to several action of discrimination. The first is social alienation, she was excluded from any meaningful interaction in her society due to how the society see her as a threat. The second is oppression, Jayla as Muslim minority are oppressed systematically by her society in order to remove her from society. The third is intimidation where Jayla was intimidated in order to control her. Lastly, Jayla was stereotyped as an agent of terror due to her being a Muslim and coming from the middle east. The Invaders (2018) is a short movie which depict the hardship of being a Muslim living in western society.} }