Vocalism as Id Compensation in the Twentieth Century

Abstract

Linking the categories of orality and vocalism, as in the difference thought by the Swiss philologist Paul Zumthor, to the intrapsychic elements of Super-Ego and Id theorized by Freud, the author attempts to explain the succession of the avant-garde vocal performance experiences in the Twentieth century as a step-by-step course in the Id release, according to postmodern life.