Harahap, Andienasya Syafrillia (2026) PATRIARCHY AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN’S AGENCY AND IDENTITY IN PRISCILLA (2023). Undergraduate thesis, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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Abstract

This research examines how patriarchal oppression shapes identity and women's
agency in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla (2023). Focusing on Priscilla Presley, the study
traces how her identity precedes, and is a consequence of, her patriarchal relationship
with Elvis Presley, including her metamorphosis from an innocent young girl into a
woman whose social, physical, and psychological self-determination is directed by
socially imposed patriarchal constraints. This study employs, among others, the
feminist theory of Simone de Beauvoir and, particularly, her theory on women as the
'Other'; Betty Friedan’s anti-domesticity critique and Susan J. Douglas’ critique of the
objectification of women in the media, to put into context the effects of patriarchal
oppression on the identity of women in society. Using a qualitative, descriptive
methodology, data (included, but are not limited to, selected scenes, speech, and
cinematography in the film) are supplemented by some books and journal articles.
Elvis’s control of Priscilla was so absolute that his patronage relegated her to a position
of complete subservience and, at the same time, patronizing objectification was
perpetrated by both the media and the celebrity culture of the time. Priscilla’s leaving
Elvis was a significant act of feminist reclamation to restore her self-determination and
identity outside the patriarchal order and social constraints.
Keywords: Patriarchy, Women’s Agency, Identity, Feminist Criticism, Media
Objectification.

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