The Economy of Prestige : : Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value / / James F. English.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: English, James F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674036536; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674036536
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James F. English.

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.