Gender and Prestige in Literature

Alexandra Dane is Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on contemporary book cultures, focussing on the relationship between gender, literary consecration and the influence of formal and informal literary networks.

• Introduction.- Power and Prestige in the Australian Literary Field.- The Barometer of Literary Taste: Gender and Book Reviews.- Celebration, Performance and Authority: Gender and Literary Festivals.- Hierarchies of Legitimacy: Gender and Literary Prizes.- Intersecting and Interacting Agents of Consecration: Gender and the Australian Publishing Field.- Conclusion.