What You Love is Killing You: Stopping Hustle Culture in the Performing Arts
| dc.contributor.advisor | Glasheen-Dentino, Kate | |
| dc.contributor.author | Absher, Emily | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hopkins, Kaitlin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-16T18:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-16T18:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis synthesizes existing studies of burnout in current corporate work culture for the purpose of drawing parallels to the actor-artist passion profession. Burnout is defined as a condition in which one has depleted her or his mental and physical resources by striving to reach unrealistic expectations imposed by oneself or society. Through a literature review of “workism”--the worship of one’s work--and “hustle culture” combined with ethnographic research in the form of anecdotal evidence acquired through audio recording of four populations: current undergraduate actors, newly graduated actors, mid-career actors, and actor-artists turned academics, it can be concluded that actor-artists experience burnout on a level equal to, if not greater than, nine-to-five professionals. Nevertheless, a solution confronting the root of the burnout issue is necessary for all professions, passionate and otherwise. This initial research suggests it is possible--once it is understood how workism in the performing arts creates vulnerability to burnout--to create a more mindful culture as a new default in opposition to hustle culture. | |
| dc.description.department | Honors College | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 36 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Absher, E. (2020). What you love is killing you: Stopping hustle culture in the performing arts (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12095 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | burnout | |
| dc.subject | actors | |
| dc.subject | artists | |
| dc.subject | mindfulness | |
| dc.subject | work | |
| dc.subject | workism | |
| dc.subject | passion profession | |
| dc.subject | hustle culture | |
| dc.subject | fatigue | |
| dc.subject | Honors College | |
| dc.title | What You Love is Killing You: Stopping Hustle Culture in the Performing Arts | |
| thesis.degree.department | Honors College | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Theatre and Dance | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas State University | |
| txstate.documenttype | Honors Thesis |