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.
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.
Paul K. Longmore, until his death in 2009, was Professor of History at San Francisco State. His books include The Invention of George Washington. Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability, and the coedited volume, The New Disability History: American Perspectives.
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* 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
* 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
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