Cyborgs in the Studio: Transhuman Vocal Approaches in Gender Nonconforming Recording Artists

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dc.contributor.advisorWallmark, Zachary
dc.contributor.authorPinkham, Frances
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-07T22:01:14Z
dc.date.available2024-08-07T22:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-07
dc.description.abstractThis project explores the means by which trans and gender nonconforming (GNC) artists use technological manipulations to vocal performance to signify their gender experience. The introduction and literature review (Chapter 1) situates the discussion in the disciplines of voice studies, embodied cognition, and post- and transhumanism. Chapter 2 examines three songs by genderfluid artist Dorian Electra (they/them): “Career Boy,” “Adam and Steve,” and “Ram It Down,” arguing that timbral shifts accomplished via post-production modification provide a means of “dragging” genderfluidity. Chapter 3 examines three songs by transfeminine artist Cleo McKenzie (she/her) aka TAMAGOTCHI MASSACRE: “MFW MIRRORZ :3 :P xD,” “i’m two years on hormones and i’m still sad i want a refund,” and “mirrorsong*.” I situate the analysis of these works in discussions of glitch art as politics and explore notions of embodiment of glitched sounds. Chapter 4 examines two songs by cisgender artist Merrill Garbus (she/her), “Now as Then” and “Colonizer,” which use the post-production techniques of spatial positioning, layering, and reverb to critique white femininity. I close with a brief epilogue in which I address propose a model for viewing transness through the lens of transhumanism.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29784
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectLGBTQ+en_US
dc.subjectpopular musicen_US
dc.subjecttransgenderen_US
dc.subjecttranshumanismen_US
dc.subjectvoiceen_US
dc.titleCyborgs in the Studio: Transhuman Vocal Approaches in Gender Nonconforming Recording Artists
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Music and Dance
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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