Descript |
[xvi], 409 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
Contents |
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 -- App. A: The rise of the prize -- App. B: Prizes and commerce -- App. C: Winner take all : six lists. |
ISBN |
9780674030435 (pbk.) |
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0674018842 |
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0674030435 (pbk.) |
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