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008			130221s2013 miu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9780472029273
020			_a0472029274
020			_z9780472118861 (cloth : acid-free paper)
020			_z0472118862
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aPN2226 _b.M56 2013
082	0	0	_a792.0973 _223
100	1		_aMoeschen, Sheila C.
245	1	0	_aActs of conspicuous compassion _h[electronic resource] : _bperformance culture and American charity practices / _cSheila C. Moeschen.
260			_aAnn Arbor : _bUniversity of Michigan Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aDramatizing 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPeople with disabilities in literature.
650		0	_aCharity in literature.
650		0	_aTheater and society _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780472029273/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33434 _d33434