In Praise of Copying

Name: In Praise of Copying
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ISBN: 9780674072527

ISBN-10: 0674072529

ISBN-13: 9780674072527

Edition: 2010

Authors: Marcus Boon

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This book is devoted to a deceptively simple but original argument: that copying is an essential part of being human, that the ability to copy is worthy of celebration, and that, without recognizing how integral copying is to being human, we cannot understand ourselves or the world we live in.In spite of the laws, stigmas, and anxieties attached to it, the word “copying” permeates contemporary culture, shaping discourse on issues from hip hop to digitization to gender reassignment, and is particularly crucial in legal debates concerning intellectual property and copyright. Yet as a philosophical concept, copying remains poorly understood. Working comparatively across cultures and times,…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Marcus Boon is Associate Professor of English at York University, Toronto.



Introduction



What Is a Copy?



Copia, or, The Abundant Style



Copying as Transformation



Copying as Deception



Montage



The Mass Production of Copies



Copying as Appropriation


Coda


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index