Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Illustrations
introduction: Prizes and the Study of Culture
I. The Age of Awards
1. Prize Frenzy
2. Precursors of the Modern Cultural Prize
3. The Logic of Proliferation
4. Prizes as Entertainment
II. Peculiarities of the Awards Industry
5. The Making of a Prize
6. Taste Management
7. Trophies as Objects of Production and Trade
III. The Game and Its Players
8. Scandalous Currency
9. The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary
10. Strategies of Condescension, Styles of Play
IV. The Global Economy of Cultural Prestige
11. The Arts as International Sport
12. The New Geography of Prestige
13. 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
Notes
Index