TY - BOOK AU - Moeschen,Sheila C. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Acts of conspicuous compassion: performance culture and American charity practices AV - PN2226 .M56 2013eb U1 - 792.0973 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Ann Arbor PB - University of Michigan Press KW - Theater and society KW - United States KW - History KW - Charity in literature KW - People with disabilities in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10734233 ER -