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.
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In this important volume, Timothy W. Luke explores museums' power to shape collective values and social understandings, and argues persuasively that museum exhibitions have a profound effect on the body politic.
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Title
Museum politics.
International Standard Book Number
0816619891
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Culture conflict-- Political aspects.
Culture diffusion-- Political aspects.
Museum exhibits-- Political aspects.
Museums-- Political aspects.
Nationalism-- Social aspects.
Political correctness.
Popular culture-- Political aspects.
Social influence.
Conflit culturel-- Aspect politique.
Culture populaire-- Aspect politique.
Diffusion culturelle-- Aspect politique.
Influence sociale.
Musées-- Aspect politique.
Nationalisme-- Aspect social.
Objets exposés-- Aspect politique.
Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Museum Administration & Museology.