02504oam 22006494 450 991080852910332120161228111451.09780472029273047202927410.3998/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. Moeschen1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,[2013]1 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780472118861 0472118862 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.Illuminates the relationship between performance and the American charity movement.Theater and societyUnited StatesHistoryCharity in literaturePeople with disabilities in literatureTheater and societyHistory.Charity in literature.People with disabilities in literature.792.0973Moeschen Sheila C1687404Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910808529103321Acts of conspicuous compassion4060827UNINA