02520nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10151093 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 011129s2002 mnu sb s001 0 eng 0816619883 (HC : alk. paper) 0816619891 (PB : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)77567167 AM151 .L85 2002eb 069/.5 21 Luke, Timothy W. Museum politics [electronic resource] : power plays at the exhibition / Timothy W. Luke. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002. xxvi, 265 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Museum exhibits Political aspects. Popular culture Political aspects. Culture conflict Political aspects. Culture diffusion Political aspects. Nationalism Social aspects. Political correctness. Social influence. Museums Political aspects. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151093 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 95025 95025