Presidential libraries as performance : curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush / / Jodi Kanter
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| Autore: |
Kanter Jodi <1970->
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| Titolo: |
Presidential libraries as performance : curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush / / Jodi Kanter
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 973.09/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Performative (Philosophy) |
| National characteristics, American | |
| Character - Political aspects - United States | |
| Presidents - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Presidential libraries - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How do the funding, setting architecture, and exhibition of a presidential library shape our understanding of the president's character?And how do diverse performances of the presidency create radically different opportunities for the practice of American citizenship?. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Presidential libraries as performance |
| ISBN: | 0-8093-3521-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911136176503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Theater in the Americas.