Open AccessImplementation of Auteur Theory in The Butler (2013): Race-Relationship between Whites and Blacks
Author(s) -
Triastama Wiraatmaja
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
satwika : kajian ilmu budaya dan perubahan sosial
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2580-8567
pISSN - 2580-443X
DOI - 10.22219/satwika.v2i1.7021
Subject(s) - racism , prejudice (legal term) , context (archaeology) , white (mutation) , race (biology) , sociology , depiction , government (linguistics) , civil rights , gender studies , political science , law , history , art , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , archaeology , gene , visual arts
The objectives of this study are to show the depiction of racism, which are followed by prejudice and discrimination towards black Americans based on context-relationship with The Butler (2013) during 1920s until 1960s. This article used a qualitative method with auteur theory, mise-en-scene and thick description. Based on The Butler (2013), this study show that racism, which were followed by prejudice and discrimination towards blacks, emerged caused by slavestereotyping which stressed blacks as inferior and whites that uphold white-supremacy concept, as superior. Apparently that through The Butler, Lee Daniels wants to highlight that actually public policies or government laws which regulate citizens’ civil rights and slavery are not adequate to restrain or eradicate racism towards blacks American.