Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush
How do the presidential libraries shape our understanding of a president’s character, or is the president’s character defined by the library and its exhibits? In her latest book, Presidential Libraries as Performance, professor, Jodi Kanter, examines the architecture, types of curatorial exhibits, common themes, and the presidential legacy that the libraries currently use to generate narratives about individual presidents, historical events, and what it means to be an American. A book signing will follow the program.