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The Economy of Prestige

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Economy of Prestige

By James F. English

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About the book

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 culture at large--have expanded to an unprecedented degree in our day. In a wide-ranging overview of this phenomenon, James F. English documents the dramatic rise of the awards industry and its complex rol...Show more

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9780674030435

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Economy of Prestige

Format

Paperback

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