Acts of conspicuous compassion [electronic resource] : performance culture and American charity practices / Sheila C. Moeschen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2013.Description: 209 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 792.0973 23
- PN2226 .M56 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.