Eki Risqiyani , 2211412040 (2019) PSEUDO-UPPER SIDE LIFESTYLE OF MOST OF NEW YORKERS IN KINSELLA’S CONFESSION OF A SHOPAHOLIC. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

Pseudo-upperside lifestyle is a condition of fake lifestyle to show the existence of high class society. This study aims to describe the intrinsic elements of the novel to construct the general description of pseudo-upperside lifestyle of the most of New Yorkers, to describe the respresentation of pseudo-upperside lifestyle, and to describe the world view of the author of Confession of A Shopaholic. This study is a descriptive-qualitative analysis by applying Goldman’s genetic structuralism. The data were collected by reading, identifying, and classifying excerpts from the novel and analyzed by interpreting process of signifying by relating to binary opposition, authorship, and society’s world vision represented on the author’s idea. The results show that the main character, Rebecca Bloomwood, has Pseudo-upperside lifestyle which is represesnted through her value of appearance and her compulsive shopping desire caused by her life background in childhood. The author’s world view shows that Pseudo-upperside lifestyle is the result of ideological control of higher class or the elite society towards the lower class which is represented through the economical condition in New York society.

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