| FB-51450-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Paul K. Longmore | Telethons and the Construction of "Disability" in American Culture | 1/1/2006 - 6/30/2006 | $24,000.00 | Paul | K. | Longmore | | | | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | CA | 94132-1722 | USA | 2004 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 24000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
During the latter half of the 20th century, telethons constituted a major site for the sociocultural framing of disease and disability. "‘I Am Your Child’: Telethons and the Construction of ‘Disability’ in American Culture," will fill the gap in humanities scholarship on this subject. Telethons were a mode of addressing issues of health and welfare, as well as a number of other social, cultural, political, and moral concerns. Most important among those matters were the cultural meaning and the framing and function of "disease" and "disability" in American society. |