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UNINA9910778160503321 |
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Autore |
English James F. <1958-> |
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Titolo |
The economy of prestige : prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value / / James F. English |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 2005 |
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0-674-26331-6 |
0-674-03653-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 409 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-390) and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNISANNIOVIA0057770 |
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Autore |
Vaccaro, Rosa |
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Titolo |
Unità politica e dualismo economico in Italia (1861-1993) / Rosa Vaccaro |
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330.945 |
330.9457 |
338.9457 |
945.084 092 |
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Italia meridionale - Sviluppo economico |
Italia - Economia - 1861-1993 |
Italia - Politica - 1861-1993 |
ITALIA MERIDIONALE - Politica economica - 1861-1993 |
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