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The copyright thing doesn't work here : Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana /

In Ghana, adinkra and kente textiles derive their significance from their association with both Asante and Ghanaian cultural nationalism. Adinkra, made by stenciling patterns with black dye, and kente, a type of strip weaving, each convey, through color, style, and adornment, the bearer's ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boateng, Boatema (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Colección:First peoples (2010)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: indexes of culture and power
  • The tongue does not rot: authorship, ancestors, and cloth
  • The women don't know anything! gender, cloth production, and appropriation
  • Your face doesn't go anywhere: cultural production and legal subjectivity
  • We run a single country: the politics of appropriation
  • This work cannot be rushed: global flows, global regulation
  • Conclusion: why should the copyright thing work here?