Acts of Conspicuous Compassion

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Investigates the relationship between performance culture and the cultivation of charitable sentiment in America, exploring the practices that have evolved to make the plea for charity legible and compelling. From the work of 19th-century melodramas to the televised drama of TV's Extreme Makeover, Acts of Conspicuous Compassion charts the strategies employed by charity movements responsible for making organised benevolence alluring, exciting, and seemingly uncomplicated.