02329oam 22006014 450 991078830190332120161228111451.00-472-02927-410.3998/mpub.4652985(CKB)3170000000060269(EBL)3570478(SSID)ssj0000949653(PQKBManifestationID)11521879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949653(PQKBWorkID)10996913(PQKB)10504256(MiAaPQ)EBC3570478(OCoLC)853455254(MdBmJHUP)muse24838(MiU)10.3998/mpub.4652985(Au-PeEL)EBL3570478(CaPaEBR)ebr10734233(CaONFJC)MIL504711(OCoLC)932325413(EXLCZ)99317000000006026920130221d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of conspicuous compassion performance culture and American charity practices /Sheila C. MoeschenAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,[2013]1 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-11886-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-203) 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.Theater and societyUnited StatesHistoryCharity in literaturePeople with disabilities in literatureTheater and societyHistory.Charity in literature.People with disabilities in literature.792.0973Moeschen Sheila C1475914Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910788301903321Acts of conspicuous compassion3690307UNINA