HARGA DIRI DAN STATUS SOSIAL: MOTIF MERANTAU ORANG MINANGKABAU DALAM FILM (Pride and Social Status: The Migrating Motive Minangkabau People in Cinema)

Abstract

Merantau has known as the Minangkabau ethnic identity. As a social behavior, merantau shows a change in concepts and motives. Technological developments, especially in transportation, are slowly shifting the concept of merantau to broaden its reach, followed by changes in motives. Merantau is no longer seen as a learning behavior and process, but is more economical, looking for a better life. This article explores and describes the merantau in the film with merantau from the Minangkabau community through a semiotic study. As a result, the change in the concept and motive for merantau in the film represents the merantau Minangkabau society. Through the movie characters, the motive for merantau, who seems to have an educational background in the film driveby personal motivation, namely self-esteem and social status, which in directly indicates economic motives. Keywords: