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



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Autore: English James F. <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The economy of prestige [[electronic resource] ] : prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value / / James F. English Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
Disciplina: 001.44
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The economy of prestige  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-03653-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455095003321
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