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Format: Online-Ressource (432 p)

ISBN: 9780674030435

Content: 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.

Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""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""

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780674036536

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780674030435

Additional Edition: Print version Economy of Prestige : Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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Edition: Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780674036536

Content: 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.

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , introduction: Prizes and the Study of Culture -- , 1. Prize Frenzy -- , 2. Precursors of the Modern Cultural Prize -- , 3. The Logic of Proliferation -- , 4. Prizes as Entertainment -- , 5. The Making of a Prize -- , 6. Taste Management -- , 7. Trophies as Objects of Production and Trade -- , 8. Scandalous Currency -- , 9. The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary -- , 10. Strategies of Condescension, Styles of Play -- , 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. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674036536

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036536

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Edition: Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Edition: System requirements: Web browser.

Edition: Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

ISBN: 9780674036536

Content: 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.

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , introduction: Prizes and the Study of Culture -- , 1. Prize Frenzy -- , 2. Precursors of the Modern Cultural Prize -- , 3. The Logic of Proliferation -- , 4. Prizes as Entertainment -- , 5. The Making of a Prize -- , 6. Taste Management -- , 7. Trophies as Objects of Production and Trade -- , 8. Scandalous Currency -- , 9. The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary -- , 10. Strategies of Condescension, Styles of Play -- , 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. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674036536

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036536

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 409 pages) : , illustrations

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-674-26331-6 , 0-674-03653-0

Content: 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.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-674-01884-2

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-674-03043-5

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures , Sociology

DOI: 10.4159/9780674036536

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext