TRADISI PENCULIKAN PENGANTIN PEREMPUAN DALAM FILM ALAA KACHUU: REPRESENTASI KETIDAKSETARAAN GENDER DI KIRGIZSTAN

This research investigates how two movies, both entitled Ala Kachuu (2018 and 2002), represent ala kachuu, i.e. a tradition of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. Even though the Kyrgyz government has formally banned this practice since 2016, which is considered as form forced marriage, it still exists practiced by some Kyrgyz. used qualitative method coupled with mise-en-scène cinematographic technique. By using Stuart Hall’s representation theory (1997) Mansour Fakih’s gender inequality (2008) analysis tools, study concludes that movies kachuu promotes inequality. Moreover, they also leads to various forms violence against women