Women’s Stereotypes in “Pretty Girl” Song Lyrics: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study

Fitria Aprilia; Neisya Neisya

doi:10.29240/ef.v6i2.4902

Women’s Stereotypes in “Pretty Girl” Song Lyrics: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study

Fitria Aprilia, Neisya Neisya

Abstract

One of the components in music or song which can be used as an access to the image of women is song lyrics. Woman image presents mental, spiritual, and daily behavior expression by women in many aspects; physical and psychological as women's self-image, family as well as community traits as part of social images. Through language written as song lyrics, a discourse can be expressed according to what the songwriter feels and thinks. The objective of this study is to find out how the image of women which becomes a stereotype is represented in the lyrics of the song "Pretty Girl" by Maggie Lindemann. This study was a qualitative study using the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach with Norman Fairclough's model. The model was used to analyze the feminist discourses contained in the lyrics of the song "Pretty Girl" by Maggie Lindemann. The analysis found that the song "Pretty Girl" sung by Maggie Lindemann contained discourses about Maggie Lindemann's rebuttal of women stereotypes.

Keywords

Women’s Stereotypes; Critical Discourse; Analysis Study

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i2.4902