power plays at the exhibition Luke, Timothy W. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mnu Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press c2002 2002 monographic eng

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xxvi, 265 p. 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. Timothy W. Luke. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 AM151 .L85 2002eb 069/.5 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151093 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151093 CaPaEBR 011129 ebr10151093