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Telethons : spectacle, disability, and the business of charity / Paul K. Longmore ; edited by Catherine Kudlick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longmore, Paul K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telethons--United States.
- Telethons.
- People with disabilities in mass media.
- Disabilities--Social aspects--United States.
- Disabilities.
- Sociology of disability--United States.
- Sociology of disability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-026209-5
- 0-19-026210-9
- 0-19-026208-7
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