Description: Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City, Hardcover by Spunt, Barry, ISBN 1137599715, ISBN-13 9781137599711, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 th 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.
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Book Title: Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City
Number of Pages: VII, 191 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Topic: Film / General, Theater / History & Criticism, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Psychopathology / Addiction, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2017
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Item Weight: 128.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Barry Spunt
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover