Gender discrimination in the drama series The Exchange: A Sara Mills critical discourse analysis

Wardah, Yuni Syakila and Surur, Misbahus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-5004 (2025) Gender discrimination in the drama series The Exchange: A Sara Mills critical discourse analysis. An-Nahdah Al-'Arabiyah, 5 (1). pp. 129-153. ISSN 2774-7808

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Abstract

The Exchange is a Netflix drama series inspired by true events experienced by two Kuwaiti women. The two women threw themselves into the male-dominated Kuwaiti stock market. The purpose of this study is to analyze the position of the actor who is the subject of the storytelling, the object being told, and the position of the audience with Sara Mills' critical discourse analysis model through scenes of the film that are considered representative. This research is intended to find the forms of discrimination experienced by the main female character in the drama series The Exchange. This type of research is descriptive qualitative using Sara Mills' critical discourse analysis. The main data source is the drama series The Exchange episode 1 to 5. The research data is in the form of scene images and dialog in the drama series that show forms of discrimination against women. Data analysis in this study used three stages, including; (1) data reduction, (2) data presentation, and (3) conclusion drawing. The results showed that there are 4 forms of discrimination experienced by the main female character in the workplace, including 1) marginalization with 3 scenes; 2) subordination with 2 scenes; 3) stereotyping with 2 scenes; and 4) workload with 1 scene. Each scene has actors who occupy the position of the subject of the storytelling, the object being told, and the position of the audience.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Women; Discrimination; Sara Mills; Critical Discourse Analysis
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of Arabic Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Misbahus Surur
Date Deposited:	02 May 2025 14:35

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