Adaptation, awards culture, and the value of prestige

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Adaptation and Systems of Cultural Value (Colleen Kennedy-Karpat, Eric Sandberg)....Pages 1-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 The Pulitzers Go to Hollywood (Thomas Leitch)....Pages 23-39 Beware of Imitations: All about Eve (1950) (Laurence Raw)....Pages 41-54 Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall(s) and the Circulation of Cultural Prestige (Eric Sandberg)....Pages 55-73 Adapting Queerness, Queering Adaptation: Fun Home on Broadway (Joanna Mansbridge)....Pages 75-94 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Oliver’s Auteurs: The Cases of Lean and Polanski (Jeffrey E. Jackson)....Pages 97-113 Origins, Fidelity, and the Auteur: The Bengali Films of Tapan Sinha (Priyanjali Sen)....Pages 115-131 The Fortunes of Jane Austen as Chick Lit and Chick Flick (Anne-Marie Scholz)....Pages 133-149 Jazz, Prestige, and Five Great Gatsby Film Adaptations (Michael Saffle)....Pages 151-169 Front Matter ....Pages 171-171 Trash Cinema and Oscar Gold: Quentin Tarantino, Intertextuality, and Industry Prestige (Colleen Kennedy-Karpat)....Pages 173-191 The Hollywood Remake Massacre: Adaptation, Reception, and Value (Laura Mee)....Pages 193-209 “How do I act so well?” The British “Shakespearean” Actor and Cultural Cachet (Anna Blackwell)....Pages 211-229 Back Matter ....Pages 231-239