Volume 5, Number 2, November 2023 p. 179-189 http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/notion/index 179 A postcolonial autopsy on Javanese identity through Campursari lyrics Rahmat Setiawan 1 ; Armelia Nungki Nurbani 1 ; Sri Nurhidayah 2 ; Ani Asryan 3 ; Razanawati Nordin 4 1 English Language Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, Indonesia 2 English Education Study Program, STKIP Bina Insan Mandiri, Indonesia 3 English Department, Université française en Arménie (UFAR), Armenia 4 Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Corresponding author: rahmatsetiawan@unipasby.ac.id Citation: Setiawan, R., Nurbani, A. N., Nurhidayah, S., Arsyan, A., & Nordin, R. (2023). A postcolonial autopsy on Javanese identity through campursari lyrics. Notion: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture, Vol. 5(5), p. 179-189. https://doi.org/10.12928/notion.v5i2.8161 A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article History: Received: 28 May 2023 Accepted: 31 October 2023 Campursari seems to reflect submissive identity, but in deconstructive perspective, the identity is chaotic space. By using postcolonial perspective, this research nails its analysis. The approach used in this research is library research with postcolonial approach. The data are the selected lyrics of Didi Kempot’s songs, they are Cidro, Tatu, Suket Teki, Pamer Bojo, and Sewu Kutho. The technique of data collection is documenting and the technique data analysis is interpretation. The result shows that Didi Kempot’s Campursari songs affirm the submissive way of loving. Cidro represents inferiority, Tatu represents surrender, Suket Teki represents inferiority, Pamer Bojo represents betrayal, and Sewu Kutho represents surrender. Those broken love defines Javanese identity which is seen submissive (dominated), but simultaneously, it also exposes a deconstructive point that loving is releasing, and releasing shows non-dominated side. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Keywords: Submissive East Identity Campursari