Presidential libraries as performance : curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush / Jodi Kanter.
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TextSeries: Theater in the AmericasPublisher: Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9780809335213
- 0809335212
- Curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush
- Presidential libraries -- United States
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
- Character -- Political aspects -- United States
- National characteristics, American
- Performative (Philosophy)
- Bibliothèques présidentielles -- États-Unis
- Présidents -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
- Caractère -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- Performatif (Philosophie)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General
- National characteristics, American
- Performative (Philosophy)
- Presidential libraries
- Presidents
- United States
- 1900-1999
- 973.09/9 23
- CD3029.82
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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.
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