Adaptation, Awards Culture, and the Value of Prestige
Editors: Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen, Sandberg, Eric (Eds.)
Free Preview- The only book that brings together discussions of adaptation and cultural awards
- Analyses and critiques a range of canonical and contemporary texts in literature, theatre, television, and film
- Includes new perspectives on adaptations of well-known literary classics and offers timely critiques of contemporary works in a variety of media
- Discusses a variety of forms of adaptation, from the film remake to the literary adaptation to the way stage and screen performers function as intertexts
- Contributors range from established scholars in adaptation studies to new voices in the field
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- About this book
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This book explores the intersection between adaptation studies and what James F. English has called the “economy of prestige,” which includes formal prize culture as well as less tangible expressions such as canon formation, fandom, authorship, and performance. The chapters explore how prestige can affect many facets of the adaptation process, including selection, approach, and reception. The first section of this volume deals directly with cycles of influence involving prizes such as the Pulitzer, the Man Booker, and other major awards. The second section focuses on the juncture where adaptation, the canon, and awards culture meet, while the third considers alternative modes of locating and expressing prestige through adapted and adaptive intertexts. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of adaptation, cultural sociology, film, and literature.
- About the authors
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Colleen Kennedy-Karpat is Assistant Professor at Bilkent University, Turkey.
Eric Sandberg is Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. - Reviews
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“A valuable and highly readable set of essays tracing the intimate relationship between the symbolic economy of prestige and the business of adaptation.” (James English, University of Pennsylvania, USA)
“A timely and wide-ranging investigation into the slippery nature of cultural prestige: who determines what it is; why it matters; and how it circulates and multiplies across media forms. As such, this volume constitutes an important addition to adaptation studies.” (Simone Murray, Monash University, Australia)
“This impeccably edited and provocative collection thankfully ignores debates about textual fidelity and authorship, turning instead to questions of cultural capital and prestige in the circulation of adaptations.” (Dan Hassler-Forest, Utrecht University, Netherlands)
“This is a timely and welcome volume that will be highly valued by a range of readers, both for scholarship and for pleasure.” (Deborah Cartmell, De Montfort University, UK)
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Adaptation and Systems of Cultural Value
Pages 1-20
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The Pulitzers Go to Hollywood
Pages 23-39
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Beware of Imitations: All about Eve (1950)
Pages 41-54
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Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall(s) and the Circulation of Cultural Prestige
Pages 55-73
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Adapting Queerness, Queering Adaptation: Fun Home on Broadway
Pages 75-94
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Adaptation, Awards Culture, and the Value of Prestige
- Editors
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- Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
- Eric Sandberg
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-52854-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-52854-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-52853-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85001-6
- Series ISSN
- 2634-629X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 239
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
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