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Take a look at me now: consecration and the Phil Collins effect
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posted on 2023-06-09, 23:48 authored by André Spicer, Pinar Cankurtaran, Michael BeverlandMichael BeverlandConsecration is the process by which producers in creative fields become canonized as “greats.” However, is this the end of the story? Research on consecration focuses on the drivers of consecration but pays little attention to the post-consecration period. Furthermore, the research ignores the dynamics of consecration. To address these gaps, we examine the changing fortunes of a consecrated artist – the musician Phil Collins. We identify the ways in which three actors (fans, critics, and peers) assemble for consecration, disassemble for deconsecration, and reassemble for reconsecration. Examining the changing public image and commercial fortunes of Collins as a solo artist between 1980 and 2020, we identify an N-shaped process of rise-fall-rise that we call the Phil Collins Effect. This effect offers a new way of thinking about how cultural producers gain, lose and regain status in their fields.
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Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Generation, Recognition and Legitimation of NoveltyISSN
0733-558XPublisher
EmeraldExternal DOI
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77Page range
253-282Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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https://ssrn.com/abstract=3836529 version posted: 5 May 2021Full text available
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2021-05-10First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-01-10First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-05-07Usage metrics
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