LEADER 03913nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910784379603321 005 20221221223518.0 010 $a0-8166-8401-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347224 035 $a(EBL)310581 035 $a(OCoLC)355814104 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228567 035 $a(PQKB)11254876 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310581 035 $a(OCoLC)77567167 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151093 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522536 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347224 100 $a20011129h2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMuseum politics $epower plays at the exhibition /$fTimothy W. Luke 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2002 210 4$aŠ2002 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 265 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8166-1989-1 311 0 $a0-8166-1988-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : museum exhibitions as powerplays -- Politics at the exhibition : aesthetics, history, and nationality in the culture wars of the 1990s -- Nuclear reactions : the (re)presentation of Hiroshima at the National Air and Space Museum -- Memorializing mass murder : the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Signs of empire/empires of sign : Daimyo culture in the District of Columbia -- Inventing the Southwest : the Fred Harvey Company and Native American art -- Museum pieces : politics and knowledge at the American Museum of Natural History -- The Missouri Botanical Garden : sharing knowledge about plants to preserve and enrich life -- Southwestern environments as hyperreality : the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum -- Superpower aircraft and aircrafting superpower : the Pima Air and Space Museum -- Strange attractor : the Tech Museum of Innovation -- Channeling the news stream : the full press of a free press at the Newseum -- Conclusion : piecing together knowledge and pulling apart power at the museum. 330 $aIn this important volume, Timothy W. Luke explores museums' power to shape collective values and social understandings, and argues persuasively that museum exhibitions have a profound effect on the body politic. Through discussions of topics ranging from how the National Holocaust Museum and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles have interpreted the Holocaust to the ways in which the American Museum of Natural History, the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and Tucson's Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum have depicted the natural world, Luke exposes the processes through which museums challenge but more 606 $aMuseum exhibits$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPopular culture$xPolitical aspects 606 $aCulture conflict$xPolitical aspects 606 $aCulture diffusion$xPolitical aspects 606 $aNationalism$xSocial aspects 606 $aPolitical correctness 606 $aSocial influence 606 $aMuseums$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aMuseum exhibits$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPopular culture$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aCulture conflict$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aCulture diffusion$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aNationalism$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aPolitical correctness. 615 0$aSocial influence. 615 0$aMuseums$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a069/.5 700 $aLuke$b Timothy W$0254452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784379603321 996 $aMuseum politics$93854835 997 $aUNINA