The cultural wealth of nations / edited by Nina Bandelj and Frederick F. Wherry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandelj, Nina, editor.

Wherry, Frederick F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Economic aspects.

Culture.

Cultural property--Economic aspects.

Cultural property.

Heritage tourism.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

These ten essays explore how cultural or symbolic wealth affects economic advantage, opportunity and success in ways usually left unanalyzed by traditional economic theories. In their introduction, the editors Bandelj (sociology, UC Irvine) and Wherry (sociology, U. of Michigan) describe four perspectives that inform these essays--political economy, the global value chain, impression management, and cultural sociology. The book is also organized into four sections: the empirical and theoretical motivations for studying wealth from a cultural perspective, the construction of cultural wealth through practices of heritage preservation, converting cultural wealth into monetary wealth, and cultural wealth in global value chains. The contributors are academics from the United States and Europe with backgrounds in sociology, history and economics. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction : an inquiry into the cultural wealth of nations / Nina Bandelj and Frederick F. Wherry

The political economy of cultural wealth / Miguel A. Centeno, Nina Bandelj, and Frederick F. Wherry

Bringing together the ideas of Adam Smith and Pierre Bourdieu / Richard Swedberg

When cultural capitalization became global practice : the 1972 World Heritage Convention / Alexandra Kowalski

Selling beauty : Tuscany's rural landscape since 1945 / Dario Gaggio

Impression management of stigmatized nations : the case of Croatia / Lauren A. Rivera

The culture bank : symbolic capital and local economic development / Frederick F. Wherry and Todd V. Crosby

Converting (or not) cultural wealth into tourism profits : case studies of Reunion Island and Mayotte / Madina Regnault

Constructing scarcity, creating value : marketing the Mundo Maya / Jennifer Bair

Creating and controlling symbolic value : the case of South African wine / Stefano Ponte and Benoit Daviron

Cultural brokers, the internet, and value chains : the case of the Thai silk industry / Mark Graham.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804776448

080477644X

9780804776455

0804776458

OCLC:

710045072