Acts of conspicuous compassion [[electronic resource] ] : performance culture and American charity practices / / Sheila C. Moeschen |
Autore | Moeschen Sheila C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States - History
Charity in literature People with disabilities in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-472-02927-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463469203321 |
Moeschen Sheila C | ||
Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Acts of conspicuous compassion : performance culture and American charity practices / / Sheila C. Moeschen |
Autore | Moeschen Sheila C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States - History
Charity in literature People with disabilities in literature |
ISBN | 0-472-02927-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788301903321 |
Moeschen Sheila C | ||
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Acts of conspicuous compassion : performance culture and American charity practices / / Sheila C. Moeschen |
Autore | Moeschen Sheila C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States - History
Charity in literature People with disabilities in literature |
ISBN |
9780472029273
0472029274 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808529103321 |
Moeschen Sheila C | ||
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ring shout, wheel about : the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery / / Katrina Dyonne Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Katrina Dyonne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 390/.250973 |
Collana | New Black Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Slaves - Southern States
Slaves - United States - Social life and customs Race in the theater - United States - History Theater and society - United States - History African American dance - History Slavery - United States - Justification Plantation life - United States Racism in popular culture - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-252-09611-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The script : "Africa was but a blank canvas for Europe's imagination" -- Casting : "They sang their home-songs, and danced, each with his free foot slapping the deck" -- Onstage : "Dance you damned niggers, dance" -- Backstage : "White folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can" -- Advertisement : "Dancing through the Streets and act lively" -- Same script, different actors : "Eb'ry time I weel about, I jump Jim Crow" -- Epilogue : the show must go on-- |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465011603321 |
Thompson Katrina Dyonne | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ring shout, wheel about : the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery / / Katrina Dyonne Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Katrina Dyonne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 390/.250973 |
Collana | New Black Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Enslaved persons - Southern States
Enslaved persons - United States - Social life and customs Race in the theater - United States - History Theater and society - United States - History African American dance - History Slavery - United States - Justification Plantation life - United States Racism in popular culture - United States - History Racism against Black people Blackface |
ISBN | 0-252-09611-8 |
Classificazione | SOC001000PER003000HIS036040 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The script : "Africa was but a blank canvas for Europe's imagination" -- Casting : "They sang their home-songs, and danced, each with his free foot slapping the deck" -- Onstage : "Dance you damned niggers, dance" -- Backstage : "White folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can" -- Advertisement : "Dancing through the Streets and act lively" -- Same script, different actors : "Eb'ry time I weel about, I jump Jim Crow" -- Epilogue : the show must go on-- |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786793803321 |
Thompson Katrina Dyonne | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ring shout, wheel about : the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery / / Katrina Dyonne Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Katrina Dyonne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 390/.250973 |
Collana | New Black Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Enslaved persons - Southern States
Enslaved persons - United States - Social life and customs Race in the theater - United States - History Theater and society - United States - History African American dance - History Slavery - United States - Justification Plantation life - United States Racism in popular culture - United States - History Racism against Black people Blackface |
ISBN | 0-252-09611-8 |
Classificazione | SOC001000PER003000HIS036040 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The script : "Africa was but a blank canvas for Europe's imagination" -- Casting : "They sang their home-songs, and danced, each with his free foot slapping the deck" -- Onstage : "Dance you damned niggers, dance" -- Backstage : "White folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can" -- Advertisement : "Dancing through the Streets and act lively" -- Same script, different actors : "Eb'ry time I weel about, I jump Jim Crow" -- Epilogue : the show must go on-- |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812509503321 |
Thompson Katrina Dyonne | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Staging ground : an American theater and its ghosts / / Leslie Stainton |
Autore | Stainton Leslie <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 792.09748/15 |
Collana | Keystone Books |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History
Theater and society - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-271-07746-8
0-271-06434-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: 1961 -- 1 Haunted -- 2 Mr. Yecker Opens a Theater: 1866 -- 3 The Killing of the Conestogas: 1763 -- 4 Sacred Space -- 5 Mr. Hager Builds a Hall: 1852 -- 6 “What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”: 1852–1861 -- 7 Interlude -- 8 Theater of War: 1861–1865 -- 9 Mr. Yecker Opens an Opera House: 1873 -- 10 In Transit -- 11 Buffalo Bill and the American West: 1873–1882 -- 12 Memory Machine -- 13 The Minstrel’s Mask: 1852–1927 -- 14 Empty Space -- 15 Players: 1886–1893 -- 16 Women’s Work: 1870–1931 -- 17 Cartography -- 18 Images, Moving and Still: 1896–1930 -- 19 Ghost Dance: 1896–1997 -- Epilogue: 2008 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480718803321 |
Stainton Leslie <1955-> | ||
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Staging ground : an American theater and its ghosts / / Leslie Stainton |
Autore | Stainton Leslie <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 792.09748/15 |
Collana | Keystone Books |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History
Theater and society - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-271-07746-8
0-271-06434-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: 1961 -- 1 Haunted -- 2 Mr. Yecker Opens a Theater: 1866 -- 3 The Killing of the Conestogas: 1763 -- 4 Sacred Space -- 5 Mr. Hager Builds a Hall: 1852 -- 6 “What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”: 1852–1861 -- 7 Interlude -- 8 Theater of War: 1861–1865 -- 9 Mr. Yecker Opens an Opera House: 1873 -- 10 In Transit -- 11 Buffalo Bill and the American West: 1873–1882 -- 12 Memory Machine -- 13 The Minstrel’s Mask: 1852–1927 -- 14 Empty Space -- 15 Players: 1886–1893 -- 16 Women’s Work: 1870–1931 -- 17 Cartography -- 18 Images, Moving and Still: 1896–1930 -- 19 Ghost Dance: 1896–1997 -- Epilogue: 2008 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798076103321 |
Stainton Leslie <1955-> | ||
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Staging ground : an American theater and its ghosts / / Leslie Stainton |
Autore | Stainton Leslie <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 792.09748/15 |
Collana | Keystone Books |
Soggetto topico |
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History
Theater and society - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-271-07746-8
0-271-06434-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: 1961 -- 1 Haunted -- 2 Mr. Yecker Opens a Theater: 1866 -- 3 The Killing of the Conestogas: 1763 -- 4 Sacred Space -- 5 Mr. Hager Builds a Hall: 1852 -- 6 “What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”: 1852–1861 -- 7 Interlude -- 8 Theater of War: 1861–1865 -- 9 Mr. Yecker Opens an Opera House: 1873 -- 10 In Transit -- 11 Buffalo Bill and the American West: 1873–1882 -- 12 Memory Machine -- 13 The Minstrel’s Mask: 1852–1927 -- 14 Empty Space -- 15 Players: 1886–1893 -- 16 Women’s Work: 1870–1931 -- 17 Cartography -- 18 Images, Moving and Still: 1896–1930 -- 19 Ghost Dance: 1896–1997 -- Epilogue: 2008 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824092503321 |
Stainton Leslie <1955-> | ||
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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