Funding Philanthropy : Dr Bernardo's Metaphors, Narratives and Spectacles.
Ash, Susan.
Funding Philanthropy : Dr Bernardo's Metaphors, Narratives and Spectacles. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (272 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part One: Metaphor -- 1. The 'Open Door': Metaphor and Promoting the Barnardo Brand -- Part Two : Narrative -- 2. Narrative: Raising Affect, Raising Funds -- 3. Dr Barnardo's 'Young Helpers': Agency, Philanthropy and Juvenile Periodicals -- 4. The 'Queen's Shades' and a 'Gothicized' London -- Part Three : Spectacle -- 5. Barnardo's Bazaars: Desire and Restraint, Consumption and Self-Denial -- 6. 'Panoramas' and 'Living Pictures': Dr Barnardo's Annual Meetings -- Afterword -- References -- Index.
Funding Philanthropy investigates Dr Barnardo's practices as the leading Victorian figure in child rescue in London, particularly focusing on devices associated with story-telling and public spectacle that facilitated evoking emotional responses that would lead to active support from constituents across boundaries of age, class or race.
9781781384329
Charities.
Charity organization.
Endowment of research.
Humanitarianism.
Social service.
Endowments.
Electronic books.
Funding Philanthropy : Dr Bernardo's Metaphors, Narratives and Spectacles. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (272 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part One: Metaphor -- 1. The 'Open Door': Metaphor and Promoting the Barnardo Brand -- Part Two : Narrative -- 2. Narrative: Raising Affect, Raising Funds -- 3. Dr Barnardo's 'Young Helpers': Agency, Philanthropy and Juvenile Periodicals -- 4. The 'Queen's Shades' and a 'Gothicized' London -- Part Three : Spectacle -- 5. Barnardo's Bazaars: Desire and Restraint, Consumption and Self-Denial -- 6. 'Panoramas' and 'Living Pictures': Dr Barnardo's Annual Meetings -- Afterword -- References -- Index.
Funding Philanthropy investigates Dr Barnardo's practices as the leading Victorian figure in child rescue in London, particularly focusing on devices associated with story-telling and public spectacle that facilitated evoking emotional responses that would lead to active support from constituents across boundaries of age, class or race.
9781781384329
Charities.
Charity organization.
Endowment of research.
Humanitarianism.
Social service.
Endowments.
Electronic books.