The copyright thing doesn't work here : Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana / Boatema Boateng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boateng, Boatema.

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adinkra cloth--Law and legislation--Ghana.

Adinkra cloth.

Kente cloth--Law and legislation--Ghana.

Kente cloth.

Textile fabrics--Law and legislation--Ghana.

Textile fabrics.

Textile design--Law and legislation--Ghana.

Textile design.

Copyright--Textile fabrics--Ghana.

Copyright.

Intellectual property--Ghana.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 identity, social status, and even emotional state. Yet both textiles have been widely mass-produced outside Ghana, particularly in East Asia, without any compensation to the originators of the designs. ""In The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here,"" Boatema Boateng focuses on the appropriation and protection 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?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4529-4686-8

0-8166-7679-8

OCLC:

733040281