Acts of Conspicuous Compassion: Performance Culture and American Charity Practices

Index

205 INdex Able-bodied, 57, 72, 79, 109–11, 121 Active Powers of the Human Mind, 26 Affect: theories of, 22, 25, 26; in nineteenthcentury melodrama, 36, 44; in NFIP campaigns, 75, 80, 90, 137 ALS, 111 American Cancer Society, 152 American Idol, 133, 134, 137 American Orthopedic Association, 58 American Pageant Association, 60 American Red Cross, 50 Anarchistic comedy, 114, 115, 119. See also Jerry Lewis comedic style Anderson, Donald, 76, 77, 79, 130 Antebellum: culture, 22; beliefs, 41 Arnaz, Desi Jr., 85, 86 Asylum, Education for Deaf and Dumb, 18, 20; educational concept of, 19, 41–43 Ball, Lucille, 85, 86 Barefoot Contessa, 1, 3, 9. See also Ina Garten Beggars, 10, 36 Benevolence: acts of, 19, 24, 110, 119, 151, 164; concept of, 3, 4, 10, 13, 15–17, 19–22, 24, 25; contemporary context, 153, 156–58, 160, 161, 164; context of MDA telethon, 89, 91, 93, 103, 105, 108, 112, 124, 127; context of nineteenth-century culture, 31, 33, 35–37, 40–42, 45, 48; in era of reality television, 130, 131, 133, 137–39, 142, 144, 146, 149, 150; intervention, 8, 27, 31, 96, 100, 162; organized , 5, 8, 13, 19, 49, 93, 104, 152, 153, 155, 164; patron and patriarchs, 3, 12, 26, 34, 45, 47, 48, 101, 105, 123; in relation to NFIP and polio crisis, 51, 63, 65, 69, 74; spectacular, 14, 87, 132 Birthday Ball, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 70, 74, 75. See also pageants Blind: individuals, 13, 18, 28–31, 34, 35, 40–43, 46, 47, 139; public exhibition of, 43 Body: about Jerry Lewis, 113–18, 120, 121, 134, 136, 159, 160; Roosevelt and polio, 56, 57, 64, 65, 78, 80, 83, 87, 89, 91, 104, 107, 108; theories of, 8–10, 17, 26 Breast cancer, 152, 156, 157. See also Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Breeches actresses, 39 Brinker, Nancy G., 152, 156 The Broken Sword, 38 Brooklyn Committee on Crippled Children, 55 Byoir, Carl, 59 Campobello Island, 56 Cantor, Eddie, 69, 98 Capitalism, 131, 138 Cause Related Marketing (CRM), 4, 16, 154, 155 Charity: with the advent of the charity telethon , 89, 90, 92, 96, 99–101, 104, 105, 119, 124; advertising, 78, 82, 104; contemporary attitudes about, 150, 152, 153, 154, 158, 161, 163; the crusade against polio, 48–51, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 80, 83, 87; definition and theories of, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 12–14, 16, 17; in era of reality television, 128–32, 134, 138– 40, 142–44, 147, 148, 149, 150; events, 60, 98, 160; industry, 3, 8, 89, 90, 93, 101, 102, 206 INdex 125, 157, 158; nineteenth-century culture, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27, 29, 31, 37, 39, 45, 47; organizations , 5, 11, 15, 24, 66, 76, 90, 96, 104, 122, 152, 158; pleas and appeals, 4, 11, 22, 74, 97, 111, 162; practices, 17, 146 Charlotte Temple, 23. See also Susanna Rowson Children: in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition shows, 130, 139, 142, 148; human rights campaigns, 162, 165; in MDA and telethon campaigns, 94, 103–8, 110, 111, 120–22, 126; in relation to polio crisis, 52–56, 63, 66, 72, 74–79, 81, 83, 85, 86 Christianity, 144 Circus, 49 Civil society, 6, 19 Clarissa; or The History of a Young Lady, 23. See also Samuel Richardson Clerk, Laurent, 37, 41 Clown spots, 103 Cohen, Paul, 94 Colgate Comedy Hour, 94–96, 98 Compassion, 6, 20, 24, 76; conspicuous 13, 15–17, 50, 72, 132, 148, 155, 163, 165 Complex embodiment, 8, 9, 47, 150, 168 Consumer, 92, 95, 153–55; culture, 4, 131; products in relation to fundraising, 130, 150 Corporations: sponsorship, 112, 118, 141. See also Cause Related Marketing (CRM) Cripple, 10, 22, 55, 59, 105 The Crippler, 51, 52, 54, 83, 86, 163 Damon Runyan Memorial Cancer Fund, 97 Deaf & Dumb or; The Orphan Protected, 35, 37, 38. See also affliction melodramas Deaf/Dumb: nineteenth-century perceptions of, 18, 21, 28, 30, 31, 34–36, 38, 40–42, 44–47, 139; public exhibitions of, 43; usage of term, 13 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Radio and T.V. Party for Muscular Dystrophy, 95, 97 De l’Epée, 36–38 Descartes, René, 23 Diamond, William, 38 Diderot, Dennis, 29 Dime Drives, 69, 70, 72, 79 Disability: disability community, 13, 16, 40, 42, 93, 104, 124, 165; disability rights activists, 92, 94, 106, 107, 121–25; disability studies, 5–7; early twentieth-century attitudes about, 56, 57, 69, 74, 78, 79; mental...