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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James F English |
| ISBN: | 0674018842 9780674018846 |
| OCLC Number: | 60776857 |
| Description: | xii, 409 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | James F. English. |
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