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Telethons : spectacle, disability, and the business of charity
- Title
- Telethons : spectacle, disability, and the business of charity / Paul K. Longmore.
- Author
- Longmore, Paul K.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xix, 326 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Marshaling two decades' worth of painstaking research, Paul Longmore's book provides the first cultural history of the telethon, charting its rise and profiling the key figures--philanthropists, politicians, celebrities, corporate sponsors, and recipients--involved"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Abbreviations -- Editors' Note -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Charity Professionals: Ambivalent Generosity and the New Business of Philanthropy -- Chapter 2. Neither Public Nor Private: Telethons in the U.S. Health and Welfare System -- Chapter 3. The Hidden Politics of Telethons: Where Volunteerism, Government, and Business Meet -- Chapter 4. "They've Got a Good Thing with Us and We've Got a Good Thing with Them": -- Telethons and Cause-Related Marketing -- Chapter 5. Givers and Takers: Conspicuous Contribution and a Distinctly American Moral Community -- Chapter 6. Dignity Thieves: Greed, Generosity, and Objects of Charity -- Chapter 7. Suffering as Spectacle: Pity, Pathos, and Ideology -- Chapter 8 "Look at Us We're Walking": Cure-Seekers, Invalids and Overcomers -- Chapter 9 American and Un-American Bodies: Searching for Fitness through Technology and Sport -- Chapter 10. Smashing Icons: Gender, Sexuality, and Disability -- Chapter 11. "Heaven's Special Child": The Making of Poster Children -- Chapter 12. Family Burdens: Parents, Children, and Disability -- Chapter 13. Jerry's Kids Grow Up: Disability Rights Activists and Telethons -- Conclusion: The End of Telethons and Challenges for Disability Rights -- Afterword -- Notes.
- Call Number
- MWGS 16-1748
- ISBN
- 9780190262075
- 0190262079
- LCCN
- 2015050036
- OCLC
- 934100134
- Author
- Longmore, Paul K., author.
- Title
- Telethons : spectacle, disability, and the business of charity / Paul K. Longmore.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Longmore, Paul K, author. Telethons New York : Oxford University Press, 2016 9780190262082 (DLC) 2016000512
- Research Call Number
- MWGS 16-1748