Dari Hagar ke Lorong-Lorong Kota: Tubuh, Kekuasaan, dan Resistensi

Senopati Salomo Olimbovo; Gracia Karunia Indriyanti

doi:10.30648/dun.v10i1.1760

Dari Hagar ke Lorong-Lorong Kota: Tubuh, Kekuasaan, dan Resistensi

Senopati Salomo Olimbovo, Gracia Karunia Indriyanti

Abstract

Abstract. This paper explores the relationship between body, power, and resistance through a critical reading of the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 and 21. Using the lens of Michel Foucault's theory of power, the author interprets Hagar's body as a site of social and spiritual control, as well as a space for the emergence of resistance. Hagar's story is read alongside the reality of the bodies of female sex workers who experience marginalization and systemic domination. The study shows that both Hagar and the sex workers display hidden forms of resistance that affirm their subjectivity and the meaningfulness of their lives. The body, which is often reduced to an object of power, actually becomes a place of revelation and subversive spirituality.

Abstrak. Tulisan ini mengeksplorasi relasi antara tubuh, kekuasaan, dan resistensi melalui pembacaan kritis atas kisah Hagar dalam Kejadian 16 dan 21. Dengan menggunakan lensa teori kekuasaan Michel Foucault, penulis menafsirkan tubuh Hagar sebagai situs kontrol sosial dan spiritual, serta ruang munculnya resistensi. Kisah Hagar dibaca berdampingan dengan realitas tubuh perempuan pekerja seks yang mengalami marginalisasi dan dominasi sistemik. Tulisan menunjukkan bahwa baik Hagar maupun para perempuan pekerja seks menampilkan bentuk resistensi tersembunyi yang menegaskan subjektivitas dan kebermaknaan hidup mereka. Tubuh, yang sering direduksi menjadi objek kekuasaan, justru menjadi tempat pewahyuan dan spiritualitas yang subversif.

Keywords

female sex workers; feminism; feminisme; Michel Foucault; perempuan pekerja seks; seksualitas; sexuality; subversif; subversive

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30648/dun.v10i1.1760