美国流行歌曲中的女性形象分析（19602003）.doc

-- ABSTRACT Abstract The present study, unlike previous ones on female portrayals in popular lyrics, seeks to provide a fresh perspective by focusing on the synchronic and diachronic comparison of perceived female image (lyrical female portrayal) between woman solo performers, music groups with female vocalists or all-woman musical groups and man solo performers, musical groups with male vocalists or all-man musical groups. Based on the social identity theory and the relationship between gender perception, the dissertation tries to testify that male singers’ songs perceive and shape more ste