ENGLISH FRANCA: Academic Journal of English Language and Education
Vol. 6, No. 2, 2022, IAIN Curup
P-ISSN 2580-3670, E-ISSN 2580-3689
DOI: 10.29240/ef.v6i2.4902
Women’s Stereotypes in “Pretty Girl” Song Lyrics: A
Critical Discourse Analysis Study
Fitria Aprilia
Universitas Bina Darma
fitria_aprilia@binadarma.ac.id
Neisya
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Universitas Bina Darma
neisya@binadarma.ac.id
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, Pretty Girl Song Lyrics, Critical Discourse
Analysis (CDA)