TY  - BOOK
AU  - English,James F.
TI  - The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value
SN  - 9780674036536
AV  - AS935 
U1  - 001.44 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Awards-Economic aspects
KW  - Literary prizes-Economic aspects
KW  - Art-Awards-Economic aspects
KW  - Culture-Economic aspects
KW  - Intellectual life-Economic aspects
KW  - Popular culture-Economic aspects
KW  - Cultural industries-Economic aspects
KW  - Value
KW  - Prestige
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- 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
N2  - 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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