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Acts of conspicuous compassion performance culture and American charity practices

Title
Acts of conspicuous compassion [electronic resource] : performance culture and American charity practices / Sheila C. Moeschen.
Author
Moeschen, Sheila C.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]

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Description
1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Acts of conspicuous compassion (Online)
Alternative Title
Acts of conspicuous compassion (Online)
Subject
  • Theater and society > United States > History
  • Charity in literature
  • People with disabilities in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2013000019
OCLC
ssj0000949653
Author
Moeschen, Sheila C.
Title
Acts of conspicuous compassion [electronic resource] : performance culture and American charity practices / Sheila C. Moeschen.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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