Voicing the Clone
Laurie Anderson and Technologies of Reproduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3946571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Murphy (0000-0002-8651-7275, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-72 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0141778920973023 |
| OpenAlex | W3139159440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
In the 1980s, new reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer became commercially available in the United States, and somatic cell nuclear transfer-the cloning process by which Dolly the Sheep would be conceived in 1996-was in its experimental phase. While anxieties concerning these new technologies escalated in the popular sensorium, Laurie Anderson explored the phenomenon of cloning in a short musical film called What You Mean We? (1986) in which Anderson consults a design team to clone herself in order to manage her demanding workload. The videographic image of the clone is Anderson herself, performing in drag, and her clone's body is partially created through the use of a pitch shifter which changes Anderson's voice to that of the cloned-but ostensibly male-version of herself. In this article, I investigate Anderson's technological consideration of the body, which extends beyond her own corporeality, to interrogate the biological and affective capacities of clones. I consider how Anderson addresses the convergence of reproductive technologies, the market and the creation of subjects within this market as participating in a shift in how voices are heard, governed and reproduced in the latter half of the twentieth century
Art · Biology · clone (Java method) · Cloning (programming) · Economics · Embryo · Musical · Order (exchange) · Reproduction · Reproductive technology · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Genetics · Music History and Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |