REPRESENTASI FATHERHOOD PADA TOKOH AYAH NON-BIOLOGIS DALAM FILM PANGGIL AKU AYAH (Analisis Semiotika Roland Barthes)
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Fathers are commonly understood as figures bound to their children by blood, yet the film Call Me Dad presents a different perspective through Kang Dedi, a non-biological father who raises Intan with love, responsibility, and sacrifice. This study analyzes how fatherhood in a non-biological father figure is represented in the film. Using a descriptive qualitative method within a constructivist paradigm, the analysis applies Roland Barthes's semiotics (denotation, connotation, myth) combined with Nicholas Townsend's four elements of fatherhood, namely intimacy, provision, protection, and endowment, and is supported by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann's social construction theory. Data were drawn from 23 selected scenes, dialogues, and visual elements. The results identify six forms of father-role representation: prioritizing the child's interests, providing financial and emotional attention, reluctance to let the child go, ensuring the child's well-being through sacrifice and resilience, knowing how to please the child, and constant worry about the child's condition. Kang Dedi's identity as a father is shown to be built gradually through externalization, objectivation, and internalization, culminating when Intan calls him “father” for the first time. The study concludes that fatherhood is determined not only by biological ties but also by presence, responsibility, care, and consistent affection toward a child.
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7216104367