"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 reason why actors and comedians use heroin as well as the impact of heroin on performance, creativity and career trajectory. A primary con...

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1. Verfasser:	Spunt, Barry (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan May 2014
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2014 Film Gesellschaft Drogenabhängigkeit Musiker New York, NY Actors / Drug use / New York (State) / New York Comedians / Drug use / New York (State) / New York Heroin abuse / New York (State) / New York Drugs and motion pictures / New York (State) / New York Motion pictures / Social aspects / New York (State) / New York Theater and society / New York (State) / New York
Zusammenfassung:	"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 reason 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."--Back cover
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	245 Seiten
ISBN:	9781349456000