Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush

by Jodi Kanter

How do the funding, setting architecture, and exhibition of a presidential library shape our understanding of the president's character? 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, Jodi Kanter analyzes presidential libraries as performances that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809335204
• ISBN13: 9780809335206
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"