The Portrait of Women Resistance to Patriarki Culture in Novel Amba Pamuntjak Laksmi

This study aims to analyze and describe the portrait of women’s resistance to patriarchal culture innovel Amba’s by Laksmi Pamuntjak. This type of research is a qualitative study using descriptive methods. The subject of this research is the novel Amba by Laksmi Pamuntjak. Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that the forms of resistance contained in the novel Amba by Laksmi Pamuntjak are prioritizing education over marriage and choosing to work in the public sector. The description of women’s resistance is very total, there is no doubt, and it is caused by the fact that women are still burdened so that women become uncertain when making choices. This problem is caused by family pressure factors. The forms of resistance innovel are Amba Laksmi Pamuntjak’smore dominated by verbal resistance.