Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries : Fairs, Festivals and Competitive Events.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Creative industries; Fairs and festivals; Values; Tournament fields; Configuring the volume; Notes; References; 1 A Salon's life: field-configuring event, power and contestation in a creative field; Power and contestation over values in creative FCEs; Hierarchy and conflict over values in creative fields; Empirical setting and method; The Salon: 1737 to the 1840s; The second period: the 1840s to 1881; Discussion and conclusion; 2 Art fairs: the market as medium; Note.

Reference3 Biennalization and its discontents; Introduction; The biennale industry; The acculturation of difference; Creativity and its discontents; Notes; References; 4 Staging auctions: enabling exchange values to be contested and established; Notes; References; 5 The book fair as a tournament of values; The publishing industry; Book fairs; Daily fair activities; Visibility; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Inventing universal television: restricted access, promotional extravagance, and the distribution of value at global television markets; Television programme markets.

How television travelsGlobal sales markets; Programme markets as tournaments of values; Restricted access and promotional extravagance as indicators of prestige; Limited access and tournament networks; Universal programming as distributor reputation; Gathering intelligence at market; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Transforming film product identities: the status effects of European premier film festivals, 1996-2005; Film festivals and the film festival field2; Regulation, accreditation and co-ordination of film festivals; Film festivals as FCEs; The effects of identity configuration.

The studyResults; Discussion; Notes; References; 8 Event institutionalization and maintenance: the Annecy animation festival 1960-2010; Theoretical background:; Event institutionalization and maintenance; Case study: animation industry characteristics and the Annecy event1; Early development and institutionalization:; Growth, market creation and annualization:; Renewal, transaction and brokerage:; Discussion: processes of event institutionalization; Managing critical transitions; Identity and symbolic-discursive maintenance; Field-level position as a boundary organization; Conclusion; Notes.

References9 Tradition and transformation at the Fan Fair festival; Data; The transformation of Fan Fair; City values; The space of heritage; From label to chart: festival booking; Brand alliances and the new country consumer; Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix 9.1: selected interviews; 10 Between art and commerce: London Fashion Week as trade fair and fashion spectacle; Methodology; Fashion week as trade fair:; Boundaries and access; Seeing and being seen:; Visibility and membership; Performing (in) the field: fashion habitus and capital; Conclusion; Notes; References.

11 Configuring sustainability at fashion week.

A fascinating new perspective on the role and importance of fairs, festivals and competitive events in the creative industries.

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