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The American pipe dream : performance of drug addiction, 1890-1940
- Title
- The American pipe dream : performance of drug addiction, 1890-1940 / by Max Shulman.
- Author
- Shulman, Max, 1980-
- Publication
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Additional Authors
- University of Iowa Press, publisher.
- Description
- ix, 251 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The American Pipe Dream examines the representational history of addiction on the U.S. stage from 1890 to the start of the nation's involvement in the second World War in 1941. Through intensive archival work, textual and performance analysis, and by considering related literary, legislative, and medical histories, this work argues that performance was essential in the creation of the drug addict in the U.S. cultural imagination. Though little attention has been paid to the figure of the stage-addict, this conventionalized figure was a major presence in U.S. popular entertainment through the Progressive Era into the Roaring Twenties, and through the Great Depression. The aim of this study is to trace this complex history, establish the stage-addict's place in U.S. theatre studies, and, by doing so, provide a new lens for examining the history of drug addiction and drug use in the U.S"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in theatre history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Studies in theatre history and culture.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Drug addiction in literature
- American drama > 19th century > History and criticism
- American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
- Theater and society > United States > History > 19th century
- Theater and society > United States > History > 20th century
- Performing arts > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
- Performing arts > Social aspects > History > United States > 20th century
- American drama
- Performing arts > Social aspects
- Theater and society
- Performing arts
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the gateway -- Den dramas -- Dope doctors -- Criminal addictions -- The comic dope fiend -- Jive -- Opiated genius -- Epilogue: Looking back at a Long day's journey.
- Call Number
- MWED 24-70
- ISBN
- 9781609388454
- 1609388453
- 9781609388461 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021042873
- OCLC
- 1285918362
- Author
- Shulman, Max, 1980- author.
- Title
- The American pipe dream : performance of drug addiction, 1890-1940 / by Max Shulman.
- Publisher
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in theatre history and cultureStudies in theatre history and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Added Author
- University of Iowa Press, publisher.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Shulman, Max, 1980- American pipe dream Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022] 9781609388461 (DLC) 2021042874
- Research Call Number
- MWED 24-70