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Who Owns Native Culture?

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ISBN-10: 0674016335

ISBN-13: 9780674016330

Edition: 2003

Authors: Michael F. Brown

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The practical and artistic creations of native peoples permeate everyday life in settler nations, from the design elements on our clothing to the plot-lines of books we read to our children. Rarely, however, do native communities benefit materially from this use of their heritage, a situation that drives growing resistance to what some denounce as "cultural theft." Who Owns Native Culture? documents the efforts of indigenous peoples to redefine heritage as a proprietary resource. Michael Brown takes readers into settings where native peoples defend what they consider their cultural property: a courtroom in Darwin, Australia, where an Aboriginal artist and a clan leader bring suit against…    
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on �eoeQuirks and Quarks�e and the Discovery Channel.Gilbert Waldbauer is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.Michael F. Brown is Lambert Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies at Williams College.

Illustrations
Preface
Author's Note
Introduction
The Missionary's Photographs
Cultures and Copyrights
Sign Wars
Ethnobotany Blues
Negotiating Mutual Respect
At the Edge of the Indigenous
Native Heritage in the Iron Cage
Finding Justice in the Global Commons
Notes
Sources on Indigenous Cultural Rights
Acknowledgments
Index