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The Queer Voices of Xavier Dolan’s Mommy

2017; European Association for American Studies; Volume: 11; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/ejas.11755

1991-9336

Jason R. D’Aoust,

Biographical and Historical Analysis

This article examines the vocal materialities of Xavier Dolan's film Mommy (2014). It focuses on the film's swearing, competing diegetic voices, disruptive soundtrack, as well as its scenes of lip synch, play-back, and karaoke, in order to convey queer vocal identifications. The article's interdisciplinary methodology includes audiovisual theories of the voice-object, post-Lacanian psychoanalysis, and revisions of the voice's place in queer theories via critiques of videocentrism.