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Kanter Jodi <1970-> |
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Presidential libraries as performance : curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush / / Jodi Kanter |
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Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 pages) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Performative (Philosophy) |
National characteristics, American |
Character - Political aspects - United States |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century |
Presidential libraries - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The presidential libraries at a glance -- Introduction: Locating American character at the presidential libraries -- Museum funding, visitor participation and presidential character -- Character in play: Performance authority at the presidential library -- Interlude: Senator Richard Russell reflects on the many characters of Lyndon Johnson -- Character in motion: Visitor performance -- Individualism and American character -- Character forever: Yearning for immortality -- Interlude: A legacy in song - Graham Jackson brings Roosevelt home -- Utopian character: The role of the imaginary -- Interlude: Origins on display - Gerald Ford encounters his father -- Disruption, inspiration, and the American community -- Character interrupted: efficiency and disruption -- Interlude: Ivaniz Silva remembers saying goodbye to the Bushes -- Performing the American community -- Coda: Character 2.0 - Reinventing the presidential library. |
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