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1009192
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b763562
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Luke, Timothy W.
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Museum politics : : power plays at the exhibition /\ Timothy W. Luke.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xxvi, 265 pages)
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0816684014
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0816619883
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0816619891
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9780816619887
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9780816619894
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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Culture conflict-- Political aspects.
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Culture diffusion-- Political aspects.
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Museum exhibits-- Political aspects.
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Museums-- Political aspects.
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Nationalism-- Social aspects.
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Political correctness.
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Popular culture-- Political aspects.
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Social influence.
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Conflit culturel-- Aspect politique.
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Culture populaire-- Aspect politique.
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Diffusion culturelle-- Aspect politique.
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Influence sociale.
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Musées-- Aspect politique.
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Nationalisme-- Aspect social.
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Objets exposés-- Aspect politique.
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Politiquement correct (Mouvement)
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Museum Administration Museology.
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Cultura popular (aspectos políticos)
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Culture conflict-- Political aspects
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Exposições museológicas (aspectos políticos)
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Museum exhibits-- Political aspects
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Museums-- Political aspects
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Museus (aspectos políticos)
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Nationalism-- Social aspects
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Political correctness
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
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Popular culture-- Political aspects
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REFERENCE-- General.
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Social influence
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TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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Musea.
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Politieke invloed.
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Tentoonstellingen.
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| Dewey Classification
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069/.5
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| LC Classification
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AM151.L85 2002eb
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