Queer Voices [electronic resource] : Technologies, Vocalities, and the Musical Flaw /
Jarman-Ivens, F.author.
This book argues that there are some important implications of the role the voice plays in popular music when thinking about processes of identification. The central thesis is that the voice in popular music is potentially uncanny (Freud's unheimlich), and that this may invite or guard against identification by the listener.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Voice, Queer, Technologies; 2 Identification: We Go to the Opera to Eat Voice; 3 Karen Carpenter: America's Most Defiant Square; 4 Maria Callas: Great Interpreter;  Dysfunctional Vocalist; 5 Diamanda Galás: One Long Mad Scene; Coda: To Queer Or Not to Queer?; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book argues that there are some important implications of the role the voice plays in popular music when thinking about processes of identification. The central thesis is that the voice in popular music is potentially uncanny (Freud's unheimlich), and that this may invite or guard against identification by the listener.
Callas, Maria, 1923-1977
Carpenter, Karen, 1950-1983
Galás, Diamánda
Sociology.
Feminist theory.
Cultural studies.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Gender Studies.
Feminism.
Cultural Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.