ABSTRAK
Tesis ini membahas kaitan antara memori dan opresi gender yang dialami tokoh utama perempuan di dalam novel The Teardrop Story Woman (1998) karya Catherine Lim dengan menggunakan konsep seks/gender Kate Millett dan teorimemori Daniel Schacter. Analisis memperlihatkan bahwa memori berperansebagai sarana internalisasi konstruksi sosial yang bersifat gender-oppressiveyang menghalangi tokoh utama perempuan untuk keluar dari opresi gender.Namun, di saat yang bersamaan, memori ? melalui proses seleksi ? juga dapatdigunakan sebagai strategi pertahanan tokoh utama perempuan dalam menghadapiopresi gender ketika perlawanan secara nyata tidak mungkin dilakukan

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ABSTRACT
This thesis is aimed at finding out the connection between memory and genderoppression that is experienced by the female protagonist in Catherine Lim?s TheTeardrop Story Woman (1998). Using Kate Millett?s concept of sex/gender andDaniel Schacter?s memory theory, the analysis shows that memory serves as ameans of internalizing gender-oppressive social constructions that eventuallyprevent the female protagonist from rebelling against gender oppression.However, at the same time, memory ? through selection process ? also serves as adefense strategy that helps the female protagonist cope with gender oppression ina situation where real resistance is not possible