 | Museum Politics: Power Plays at the Exhibition Subjects: 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; In this important volume, Timothy W. Luke explores museumsOCO power to shape collective values and social understandings, and argues persuasively that museum exhibitions have a profound effect on the body politic. Through discussions of topics ranging from how the National Holocaust Museum and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles have interpreted the Holocaust to the ways in which the American Museum of Natural History, the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and TucsonOCOs Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum have depicted the natural world, Luke exposes the processes through which museums challenge but more often affirm key cultural and social realities." |
