"She Fades In Our Memories:" Rural Jepara Women’s Reception To Ratu Kalinyamat Folklore

This study examines the reception of Rural Jepara Woman to Ratu Kalinyamat folklore: How is Ratu Kalinyamat imaged; what is the perception of the Rural Jepara woman towards the ideal woman figure; and whether there is a correlation between the figure of Ratu Kalinyamat and the idealization of women by the community. In-depth interviews were used to collect data in the form of perceptions toward Ratu Kalinyamat and ideal women, by targeting rural Jepara woman. The results of the study show that Ratu Kalinyamat fades in the collective memory of rural Jepara women and is not perceived as an ideal representation of women. This is evidence of the lack of formal culturalization and formal institutionalization of Ratu Kalinyamat as a role model who has made a major contribution to national history through [political] activities in the public sphere.