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Autore |
Moeschen Sheila C |
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Titolo |
Acts of conspicuous compassion : performance culture and American charity practices / / Sheila C. Moeschen |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater and society - United States - History |
Charity in literature |
People with disabilities in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Illuminates the relationship between performance and the American charity movement. |
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