Gender Female-Fronted Irish Pop Band the Cranberries Essay

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Female-fronted Irish pop band The Cranberries address issues related to gender and sexuality tacitly in the song "Animal Instinct." The song lyrics do not overtly discuss feminist discourse, although the music video for the song does. Issues related to compulsory heterosexuality, the dual character and double standard for women, and gender roles are all topics addressed in "Animal Instinct" and its music video. The content or theme of the song can be best understood by an analysis of its title. "Animal Instinct" refers to the most basic human impulses. Thus, The Cranberries draw from Freudian theory. The structure of a song conveys a poetic sensibility, which can be construed as a stereotypically or archetypically feminine given its non-linear format and use of unconventional grammar. In other words, a song as poetry can be purposefully subversive of patriarchal language, grammar, and mechanics. However, the video for "Animal Instinct" is ironic in that it simultaneously substantiates and subverts patriarchal social structure.

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The Cranberries are a female-fronted band but the musicians are male. This construction is immediately suspect; because so much of rock and music history in general has been dominated by men. Moreover, the lead singer appears in the video dressed in a stereotypically feminine way by wearing flowers in her hair and a flowing white dress. The woman featured in the video is also ironic, in that she is both independent and dependent. She is escaping from an unfortunate situation -- implied to be a bad or abusive relationship. Her liberation from the situation is meant to be inspiring. At the same time, the woman has proven herself to be financially dependent. When she leaves with the children, she has no money to pay for food. The video ends with a disturbing message: the woman and her children must eventually get….....

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