Acts of conspicuous compassion performance culture and American charity practices

Acts of conspicuous compassion : performance culture and American charity practices / Sheila C. Moeschen.

Author/creator	Moeschen, Sheila C.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Description	209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Theater and society--United States --History. Charity in literature. People with disabilities in literature.

Contents	Dramatizing distress: sentimental culture, melodrama, and nineteenth-century reform for the deaf/dumb and blind -- Spectacular benevolence: theatricalizing the war on polio with the national foundation for infantile paralysis (NFIP), 1934-1945 -- Wheelchairs and one-liners: televising need in the charity telethon -- Acts of conspicuous compassion: charity in the reality TV era: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013000019
ISBN	9780472118861 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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