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The economy of prestige : prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: English, James F., 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
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.
Literatuurprijzen.
Economische aspecten.
Prix et récompenses > Aspect économique.
Prix littéraires > Aspect économique.
Art > Prix et récompenses > Aspect économique.
Culture > Aspect économique.
Culture populaire > Aspect économique.
Vie intellectuelle > Aspect économique.
Industries culturelles > Aspect économique.
Valeur.
Table of Contents:
  • The age of award
  • Prize frenzy
  • Precursors of the modern cultural prize
  • The logic of proliferation
  • Prizes as entertainment
  • Peculiarities of the awards industry
  • The making of a prize
  • Taste management
  • Trophies as objects of production and trade
  • The game and its players
  • Scandalous currency
  • The new rhetoric of prize commentary
  • Strategies of condescension, styles of play
  • The global economy of cultural prestige
  • The arts as international sport
  • The new geography of prestige
  • 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.