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Introduction: Theorizing Media Ventriloquism / Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Fleeger, And Shannon Wong Lerner -- Speaking In Another Voice. Introduction: Reactivating The Vocal Uncanny / Jaimie Baron -- Echoes Down The Years: Technologies Of Mediumship And Immortality / Alicia Puglionesi -- Broadcasting The Diva Of Dubbing: Marni Nixon, Local Television, And The Puppetry Of Parenting / Jennifer Fleeger -- Queer From The Horse's Mouth: Francis The Talking Mule And Mr. Ed As Midcentury Man Whisperers / Maria Pramaggiore -- Singing In Another Voice Introduction: Singing The Body Technovocalic / Jaime Barron -- Mike Fright: Racial Ventriloquism In The Hollywood Talkies / Ryan Jay Friedman -- The Black Queer/trans Femme Representation Of Beyoncé's Media Ventriloquisms And The National Voice / Shannon Wong Lerner -- Identity Politics And Vocal Whitewashing In Celebrity Lip Syncs / Jennifer O'meara -- Animating The Voice. Introduction: Breathing In Mediated Spaces / Shannon Wong Lerner -- The Mills Brothers, Animators Of The Unseen Stage / Jacob Smith -- Performing Fragility: Re-sounding The Gendered Hero In The Voice Of Lara Croft / Milena Droumeva -- Double-ventriloquism And Aegyo In Overwatch / William Dunkel And Aaron Trammell -- Politicizing The Voice. Introduction: Of Technovocalic Presidents And Precedents / Shannon Wong Lerner -- Ventriloquizing Obama, Or, The Ethics Of Archival Ventriloquism / Jaimie Baron -- You're The Puppet: Presidential Ventriloquism, Vocal Technologies, And The Politics Of Voice / Sarah Kessler -- Epilogue Introduction: Media Ventriloquism In The Distant Present / Jennifer Fleeger. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.
This book investigates how audiovisual technologies decouple the human voice from the physical body, creating a phenomenon termed 'media ventriloquism' that reshapes identity and political representation. Jennifer Fleeger and her contributors analyze the historical and contemporary implications of vocal mediation, drawing on film theory, sound studies, and cultural criticism. The text argues that the technological manipulation of the voice is never neutral, but rather a site where power, race, gender, and agency are negotiated through the interplay of sound and image.
What You Will Find
Scholars in the field of sound studies identify this collection as a significant contribution to the understanding of technovocalic performance. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a rigorous examination of how media technologies alter our perception of the human subject.
Page Count:
305
Publication Date:
2021-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford Univ Press Us
ISBN-10:
0197563643
ISBN-13:
9780197563649
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