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

• Main Author: English, James F., 1958-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
• Subjects: ceny a vyznamenání > ekonomické aspekty; literární ceny > ekonomické aspekty; umění > ekonomické aspekty; kultura > ekonomické aspekty; intelektuální život > ekonomické aspekty; masová kultura > ekonomické aspekty; kulturní průmysl > ekonomické aspekty; awards > economic aspects; literary awards > economic aspects; art > economic aspects; culture > economic aspects; intellectual life > economic aspects; popular culture > economic aspects; cultural industries > economic aspects; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs

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. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power--and their consequences for society and cultu...