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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788301903321

Autore

Moeschen Sheila C

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013]

ISBN

0-472-02927-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

792.0973

Soggetti

Theater and society - United States - History

Charity in literature

People with disabilities in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.