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Heroin, acting, and comedy in New York City
- Title
- Heroin, acting, and comedy in New York City / Barry Spunt.
- Author
- Spunt, Barry
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- 191 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Subject
- 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
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mainstream actors -- Non-mainstream actors -- Films (and plays) -- Comedians -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-6263
- ISBN
- 9781137599711
- 1137599715
- OCLC
- 989966164
- Author
- Spunt, Barry, author.
- Title
- Heroin, acting, and comedy in New York City / Barry Spunt.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-6263