Telethons: Spectacle, Disability, and the Business of Charity

by Paul K. Longmore

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Movie stars, entertainers, game-show hosts, jugglers, plate-spinners, gospel choirs, corporate executives posing with over-sized checks, household name-brand products, smiling children in leg braces-all were fixtures of the phenomenon that defined American culture in the second half of the twentieth century: the telethon. Hundreds of millions watched these weekend-long variety shows that raised billions of dollars for disability-related charities...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190262079

ISBN13:9780190262075

Release Date:January 2016

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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