« Prendre un bêta » pour monter sur scène

Socio-anthropologie

关键词: drugs;    medication;    pharmaceuticalization;    stage fright;    performance;    classical music;   

DOI  :  10.4000/socio-anthropologie.8235

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article presents an analysis of the use of beta-blockers to manage stage fright (or so-called performance anxiety) in the music community. Data presented in this paper are based on a four-month ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a Quebec classical music faculty in 2016. Mobilizing the theoretical framework proposed by the concept of “pharmaceuticalization” (Collin, 2016), the paper describes the way in which beta-blockers are perceived in the community as both taboo and rejected by musicians and as an attractive and potentially effective remedy for performers. It is argued that beta-blockers, whether they are consumed or not, contribute to the development of performance standards, reinforce the injunction to excellence and challenge the identity and the sense of legitimacy among musicians.

【 授权许可】

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