Moeschen, Sheila C. <br/><br/>
Acts of conspicuous compassion  performance culture and American charity practices /  [electronic resource] : 
Sheila C. Moeschen. 
 - Ann Arbor :  University of Michigan Press,  2013. 
 - 209 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theater and society--History.--United States<br/>Charity in literature.<br/>People with disabilities in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2226  / .M56 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.0973