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The economy of prestige : prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value / James F. English.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- English, James F., 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Awards--Economic aspects.
- Awards.
- Literary prizes--Economic aspects.
- Literary prizes.
- Art--Awards--Economic aspects.
- Art.
- Culture--Economic aspects.
- Culture.
- Intellectual life--Economic aspects.
- Intellectual life.
- Popular culture--Economic aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Cultural industries--Economic aspects.
- Cultural industries.
- Value.
- Prestige.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 409 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. James F. English documents the dramatic rise of the awards industry and its complex role within what he describes as an economy of cultural prestige.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Illustrations
- introduction: Prizes and the Study of Culture
- I. The Age of Awards
- 1. Prize Frenzy
- 2. Precursors of the Modern Cultural Prize
- 3. The Logic of Proliferation
- 4. Prizes as Entertainment
- II. Peculiarities of the Awards Industry
- 5. The Making of a Prize
- 6. Taste Management
- 7. Trophies as Objects of Production and Trade
- III. The Game and Its Players
- 8. Scandalous Currency
- 9. The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary
- 10. Strategies of Condescension, Styles of Play
- IV. The Global Economy of Cultural Prestige
- 11. The Arts as International Sport
- 12. The New Geography of Prestige
- 13. Prizes and the Politics of World Culture
- Appendix A. The Rise of the Prize
- Appendix B. Prizes and Commerce
- Appendix C. Winner Take All: Six Lists
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-390) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674263314
- 0674263316
- 9780674036536
- 0674036530
- OCLC:
- 443273318
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