TY - BOOK ID - 18501913 TI - The economy of prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value PY - 2005 SN - 0674018842 0674030435 0674036530 9780674036536 9780674030435 9780674018846 0674263316 9780674263314 PB - Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press DB - UniCat KW - Art KW - Awards KW - Cultural industries KW - Cultural industries. KW - Culture KW - Intellectual life KW - Literary prizes KW - Popular culture KW - Prestige. KW - Value. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Standard of value KW - Creative industries KW - Culture industries KW - Cultural life KW - Book awards KW - Book prizes KW - Literary awards KW - Literature KW - Prizes (Rewards) KW - Rewards (Prizes, etc.) KW - Prizes KW - Social psychology KW - Social influence KW - Cost KW - Economics KW - Exchange KW - Wealth KW - Prices KW - Supply and demand KW - Industries KW - Contests KW - Science KW - Economic utility UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18501913 AB - 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. ER -