The Concept of Frontier in America in the Modern Era

Riyatno, Riyatno (2019) The Concept of Frontier in America in the Modern Era. In: 7th ELITE Conference Proceeding. ELITE, Malang, pp. 243-248. ISBN 978-602-462-294-7

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to uncover the concept of frontier in the United States in the modern era. This study used American Studies method, namely the combination of literary, historical and sociological methods. History and sociology were used in the study because they complemented the existing sources in the literature. The data were mainly taken from James Fenimoore Copper’s novels, namely, The Leather-Stocking Tales for the frontiersmen’s characters in the eighteenth ntury. The novels were used in the research as starting points to describe the concept of frontier, and then the development of it could be described in the modern era. Other data were taken from film, magazines, newspapers and historical and sociological articles. Based on the the study, frontier can be in the religious area, political area and others. The existence of female leader in sholat in Islam in America when male people are available in the same mosque belongs to the frontier. According to the mainstream in Islam, no woman becomes a leader in sholat when man is also available in the same place. Then. Trump’s policy to prohibit Moslem’s immigrants from certain countries is basically contradictory with the idea of the country of immigrants for America. This policy can be understood when people think of the idea of frontier. In social area, the idea of LGBT shows the soul of frontiersmen. Things that are beyond mainstream can be categorized as frontier and the people who agree with the idea can be called as frontiersmen even though they do not live in the real savagery. Keywords: The Concept of Frontier, Fontiersmen, America, Modern Era.

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