Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City - Barry Spunt

Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
191 Seiten
2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-59971-1 (ISBN)
128,35 inkl. MwSt
This book focuses on New York City-based actors and comedians who are self-acknowledged heroin users. Barry Spunt examines a number of hypotheses about the reasons why actors and comedians use heroin as well as the impact of heroin on performance, creativity, and career trajectory.  A primary concern of the book is the role that subculture and identity play in helping us to understand the heroin use of these entertainers. Spunt captures the voices of actors and comedians through narrative accounts from a variety of secondary sources. He also examines how New York-based films about heroin relate to the major themes of his research.

Barry Spunt is Associate Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY, USA.

1. Introduction.- 2. Mainstream Actors.- 3. Non-Mainstream Actors.- 4. Films (and Plays).- 5. Comedians.- 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo VII, 191 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeine Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte Actors • Andy Warhol • career trajectory • comedians • Drugs • drug subculture • Entertainers • Entertainment Industry • Film • film analysis • Heroin • New York-based films • New York City-based actors • New York City-based comedians • New York city drug culture • Pop culture • self-acknowledged heroin users • Subculture • Theatre • The Panic in Needle Park
ISBN-10 1-137-59971-5 / 1137599715
ISBN-13 978-1-137-59971-1 / 9781137599711
Zustand Neuware
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