Thread-topic: Bienes Center's new exhibition catalog: "The Game of War"
Broward County Libraries Division's Bienes Center for the Literary Arts,
The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library
(Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), is pleased to announce the publication of:
The Game of War: Books, Toys, and Propaganda from the Mitchell Wolfson,
Jr. Study Centre / Compiled and edited by James A. Findlay. - Ft.
Lauderdale, FL: Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2006. - 36 p.: all
col. Illus.; 25.5 x 18 cm. - (ISBN: 0-9762267-3-1) - US $15.00.
[Includes: Introduction, p. 5; The Collector's View by Mitchell Wolfson,
Jr., p. 7; Games and Toys during the World War II Years by Jack
Matthews, p. 11-17; Exhibition checklist, p. 19-27; Selected
Bibliography, p. 29; Checklist Indexes, p. 31-34; Colophon, p. 36]
The printed exhibition catalog documents an exhibit of wartime
propaganda, with about 50 items dating from the Boer War to World War
II, are on display now through January 9 in the Bienes Center for the
Literary Arts, The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and
Rare Book Library at the Broward County Main Library, 100 S. Andrews
Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
Titled The Game of War: Books, Toys, and Propaganda from The MWjr Study
Center (Miami, FL), the exhibition contains works from the collection of
Mitchell Wolfson Jr.
Originally curated by a team of 11 students from Miami Dade College and
New World School of the Arts, the exhibit features a diverse collection
of wartime propaganda, much of it instructional or aimed at children.
The display visually expresses the evolution of societies under pressure
from strong leadership in cultures dominated by fear and uncertainty.
The installation includes satirical and disturbing objects such as
caricatured puppets of Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis, a poster
advertising gas masks, and a selection of books highlighting the effort
to market war to children and adults.
James (Jim) A. Findlay
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts
The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library
Broward County Main Library
100 S. Andrews Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-357-8692 (office)
954-357-6762 (fax)
jfindlay@browardlibrary.org <mailto:jfindlay@browardlibrary.org>
www.broward.org/library/bienes_about.htm
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(A service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners)
Current Exhibition:
The Game of War: Books, Toys, and Propaganda from the Mitchell Wolfson,
Jr. Study Centre
Sept. 12, 2006-Jan. 8, 2007