Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush (Theater in the Americas) - Softcover

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Kanter, Jodi

 
9780809335206: Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush (Theater in the Americas)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0809335204 ISBN 13: 9780809335206
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Who has a stake in the way a president’s public image is presented? How do the performances―exhibitions across a range of media―in a presidential museum shape our understanding of the president as a subject? And how do diverse performances of the presidency create radically different opportunities for the practice of American citizenship? In Presidential Libraries as Performance:  Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush, author Jodi Kanter considers these questions and more and analyzes presidential libraries and museums as performances that create important models for civic behavior.

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About the Author

Jodi Kanter is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the George Washington University. She is the author of Performing Loss: Rebuilding Community through Theater and Writing.

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Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0809335204
ISBN 13 
9780809335206
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
277