03903nam 2200865Ia 450 991045509500332120200520144314.00-674-03653-010.4159/9780674036536(CKB)1000000000787029(OCoLC)443273318(CaPaEBR)ebrary10313893(SSID)ssj0000143827(PQKBManifestationID)11148043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143827(PQKBWorkID)10119251(PQKB)10322866(MiAaPQ)EBC3300174(DE-B1597)457607(OCoLC)1013936557(OCoLC)1029815109(OCoLC)1032679681(OCoLC)1037981145(OCoLC)1041974669(OCoLC)1046610333(OCoLC)1047009353(OCoLC)979574797(DE-B1597)9780674036536(Au-PeEL)EBL3300174(CaPaEBR)ebr10313893(OCoLC)842289598(EXLCZ)99100000000078702920050602d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe economy of prestige[electronic resource] prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value /James F. EnglishCambridge, MA Harvard University Press20051 online resource (428 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01884-2 0-674-03043-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-390) and index.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 -- IndexThis 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. AwardsEconomic aspectsLiterary prizesEconomic aspectsArtAwardsEconomic aspectsCultureEconomic aspectsIntellectual lifeEconomic aspectsPopular cultureEconomic aspectsCultural industriesEconomic aspectsValuePrestigeElectronic books.AwardsEconomic aspects.Literary prizesEconomic aspects.ArtAwardsEconomic aspects.CultureEconomic aspects.Intellectual lifeEconomic aspects.Popular cultureEconomic aspects.Cultural industriesEconomic aspects.Value.Prestige.001.44English James F.1958-623462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455095003321The economy of prestige2478433UNINA