Parodies of Ownership Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Property Law

Name: Parodies of Ownership Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Property Law
Price: 19.82 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780472050604

ISBN-10: 0472050605

ISBN-13: 9780472050604

Edition: 2009

Authors: Richard L. Schur

List price: $29.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $19.82

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

What is the relationship between hip hop and African American culture in the post-Civil Rights era? Does hip hop level a criticism of American culture or stand as an isolated and unique phenomena? How have African American texts responded to the increasing role intellectual property law plays in regulating images, sounds, words, and logos?Parodies of Ownershipexamines how contemporary African American writers, artists, and musicians have developed a singular artistic form, what Schur terms "hip hop aesthetics." This book offers an in-depth examination of a wide range of contemporary African American painters and writers, including Anna Deavere Smith, Toni Morrison, Adrian Piper, Colson…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 6/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




From Chattel to Intellectual Property: Legal Foundations of African American Cultural Critique



Critical Race Theory, Signifyin', and Cultural Ownership



Defining Hip-Hop Aesthetics



Claiming Ownership in the Post-Civil Rights Era



"Fair Use" and the Circulation of Racialized Texts



"Transformative Uses": Parody and Memory



From Invisibility to Erasure? The Consequences of Hip-Hop Aesthetics


Notes


Bibliography


Index