02746oam 22005414a 450 991079852680332120230424223126.00-8093-3521-2(CKB)3710000000768613(EBL)4699761(MiAaPQ)EBC4699761(OCoLC)954481491(MdBmJHUP)muse52984(EXLCZ)99371000000076861320160120d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPresidential libraries as performance curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush /Jodi KanterCarbondale, [Illinois] :Southern Illinois University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (198 pages)Theater in the AmericasDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-3520-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Theater in the Americas.Performative (Philosophy)National characteristics, AmericanCharacterPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryExhibitionsPresidential librariesUnited StatesPerformative (Philosophy)National characteristics, American.CharacterPolitical aspectsPresidentsHistoryPresidential libraries973.09/9Kanter Jodi1970-1468423MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910798526803321Presidential libraries as performance3679598UNINA