The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here : Adinkra and Kente Cloth and Intellectual Property in Ghana /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boateng, Boatema (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics > Law and legislation.
Intellectual property.
Copyright > Textile fabrics.
LAW > Intellectual Property > Copyright.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Propriete intellectuelle > Ghāna.
Intellectual property > Ghana.
Copyright > Textile fabrics > Ghana.
Textile design > Law and legislation > Ghana.
Textile fabrics > Law and legislation > Ghana.
Kente cloth > Law and legislation > Ghana.
Adinkra cloth > Law and legislation > Ghana.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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