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This research is motivated by the situation during the New Order era, when the government restricted freedom and suppressed people associated with the events of 1965. This article aims to analyze Leila S. Chudori's novel Pulang through the lens of Antonio Gramsci's hegemony. Gramsci's hegemony explains the subjugation of one party to another, meaning that the higher class can dominate the lower class so that hegemony is consciously exercised by an individual or group over another group. In this context, Gramsci's theory of hegemony occurs between the New Order government and the group of former political prisoners, exiles, and their relatives. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive research method, which involves collecting, processing, analyzing, and presenting data objectively. The results of the discussion led to that the novel Pulang was subject to hegemony by the New Order regime through propaganda, repression, surveillance, and control of historical narratives. Furthermore, counter-hegemony occurs through critical awareness, solidarity between communities, and the transmission of memories between generations of political exiles. The findings in this study not only describe the New Order regime's domination over political exiles, but also reveal resistance to the ideology that was imposed.

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Gramsci's hegemony New Order Socio-politics Ideological hegemony

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GRAMSCI’S CONCEPT OF HEGEMONY IN LEILA S. CHUDORI’S NOVEL PULANG. (2026). Journal of Indonesian Language, Culture & Literary Innovation, 1(1), 18-32. https://doi.org/10.67234/jilcli.v1i1.50

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GRAMSCI’S CONCEPT OF HEGEMONY IN LEILA S. CHUDORI’S NOVEL PULANG. (2026). Journal of Indonesian Language, Culture & Literary Innovation, 1(1), 18-32. https://doi.org/10.67234/jilcli.v1i1.50

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