CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC

Jurčić, Dijana; Mustapić, Lidija

doi:10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

Hum : Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar, Vol. 20 No. 33, 2025.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC

Dijana Jurčić ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences *
Lidija Mustapić orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-4887 ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

* Corresponding author.

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APA 6th Edition

Jurčić, D. & Mustapić, L. (2025). CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC. Hum, 20 (33), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

MLA 8th Edition

Jurčić, Dijana and Lidija Mustapić. "CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC." Hum, vol. 20, no. 33, 2025, pp. 24-49. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24. Accessed 20 May 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Jurčić, Dijana and Lidija Mustapić. "CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC." Hum 20, no. 33 (2025): 24-49. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

Harvard

Jurčić, D., and Mustapić, L. (2025). 'CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC', Hum, 20(33), pp. 24-49. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

Vancouver

Jurčić D, Mustapić L. CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC. Hum [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 May 20];20(33):24-49. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

IEEE

D. Jurčić and L. Mustapić, "CONSTRUCTING GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH METAPHOR IN AMERICAN TRAP MUSIC", Hum, vol.20, no. 33, pp. 24-49, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.20.33.2025.24

Abstract

American trap, as a contemporary, popular musical genre which depicts a society full of vice, drugs, sexual promiscuity and immorality, seems to have nothing in common with any type of tradition or norms and moral values, let alone patriarchal society. However, a closer look at the choice of metaphors and the way gender identity is constructed through metaphor in the lyrics offers a different perspective. The aim of this paper is to examine the construction of gender identity through metaphor in American trap music on the sample of 75 American trap songs. The metaphors in the lyrics will be analyzed using the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory combined with critical metaphor analysis and the theoretical background of gender studies and patriarchal ideology. The purpose is to draw attention to the values and ideals promoted to young people in the form of catchy beats and harmless entertainment.