Max Shulman. The American Pipe Dream: Performance of Drug Addiction, 1890–1940

The American Pipe Dream is a painstakingly researched, interdisciplinary exploration of representations of drug addiction in American performance from 1890 to 1940. Tracing the genealogies of many contemporary ideas about addicts and addiction to roots within these performances, it will engage students of performance history, medical humanities, and the sociology of literature.