1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455095003321

Autore

English James F. <1958->

Titolo

The economy of prestige [[electronic resource] ] : prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value / / James F. English

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-03653-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Disciplina

001.44

Soggetti

Awards - Economic aspects

Literary prizes - Economic aspects

Art - Awards - Economic aspects

Culture - Economic aspects

Intellectual life - Economic aspects

Popular culture - Economic aspects

Cultural industries - Economic aspects

Value

Prestige

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699716403321

Titolo

Increasing rural seat belt use in six Great Lakes states [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, DC] : , : [U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration], , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Collana

Traffic tech - techology transfer series

Traffic safety facts ; ; no. 378

Soggetti

Automobiles - Lake States - Seat belts

Traffic safety - Lake States

Automobiles - Lake States - Seat belts - Attitudes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF caption title screen (nhtsa.gov, viewed Dec. 27, 2010).

"June 2009."