Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City

Barry Spunt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

191 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-59971-1 (ISBN)

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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	12.08.2017
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