Who Owns Culture? : Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law

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It is not uncommon for white suburban youths to perform rap music, for New York fashion designers to ransack the world's closets for inspiration, or for Euro-American authors to adopt the voice of a geisha or shaman. But who really owns these art forms? Is it the community in which they were or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scafidi, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Material culture.
Intellectual property.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc.
Folklore.
Culture and law.
Folklore > États-Unis.
Culture materielle > États-Unis.
Propriete intellectuelle > États-Unis.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Folklore > United States.
Material culture > United States.
Intellectual property > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:It is not uncommon for white suburban youths to perform rap music, for New York fashion designers to ransack the world's closets for inspiration, or for Euro-American authors to adopt the voice of a geisha or shaman. But who really owns these art forms? Is it the community in which they were originally generated, or the culture that has absorbed them?While claims of authenticity or quality may prompt some consumers to seek cultural products at their source, the communities of origin are generally unable to exclude copyists through legal action. Like other works of unincorporated group.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813537856

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