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Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context
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2015
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| author | Araujo, Darron |
| author2 | Mills, Liz |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11898 Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context Araujo, Darron Mills, Liz Theatre and Performance Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-60). This thesis questions how and why certain South African performers habitually and unconsciously shift accent in the performance context. I refer to this vocal action as habitual, unconscious accent-based speech adaptation. This examination is made considering that contemporary voice training at the Drama Department of the University of Cape Town (UCT), where the author locates, does not designate any accent as a criterion for performance. Whilst I do not contend habitual, unconscious accent-based speech adaptation to be language-specific this research is English-based. Habitual, unconscious accent-based speech adaptation highlights three primary concerns: the first I term an 'ossification' of sound producing vocal inflexibility; the second is potential class-based exclusion from the performance context; and the third concern is a need for critical awareness in training and performance, evidenced by the preceding concerns. Despite accent-based speech adaptation paradoxically demonstrating the voice's flexibility, when accent-based speech adaptation happens unconsciously and habitually the real flexibility of the voice is negated producing detachment from the performer's own vocal identity or 'vocal schizophrenia' (Rodenburg, 2001: 81). 2015-01-10T06:51:21Z 2015-01-10T06:51:21Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11898 eng application/pdf Department of Drama Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Theatre and Performance Araujo, Darron Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| title_full | Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| title_fullStr | Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| title_short | Vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility? : owning the voice in the South African context |
| title_sort | vocal schizophrenia or conscious flexibility owning the voice in the south african context |
| topic | Theatre and Performance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11898 |
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