The American Pipe Dream: Performance of Drug Addiction, 1890-1940

Summary

Examines the iterations of addiction as it was performed over the first half of the twentieth century, working from an archive of previously ignored material. Because the stage-addict became the primary way the US public learned about addiction, Shulman argues that performance was essential in creating the addict in America’s cultural imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Max Shulman
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781609388454
• ISBN: 978-1-60938-845-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Series: Studies Theatre Hist & Culture; Studies in Theatre History and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet