Acts of conspicuous compassion performance culture and American charity practices - Moeschen, Sheila C.; ebrary, Inc. (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Theater and society -- United States -- History; Charity in literature; People with disabilities in literature; Electronic books