Pink pirates : contemporary American women writers and copyright / by Caren Irr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irr, Caren.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Intellectual property in literature.

Piracy (Copyright)--United States--History--20th century.

Piracy (Copyright).

Law and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Law and literature.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, copyright is everywhere, surrounded by a thicket of no-trespassing signs that mark creative work as private property. Caren Irr's Pink Pirates asks how contemporary novelists-represented by Ursula Le Guin, Andrea Barrett, Kathy Acker, and Leslie Marmon Silko-have read those signs, arguing that for feminist writers in particular copyright often conjures up the persistent exclusion of women from ownership. Bringing together voices from law schools, courtrooms, and the writer's desk, Irr shows how some of the most inventive contemporary feminist novelists have reacted to this history.

Contents:

Introduction: the problem of copyright

A feminist history of copyright: 1710 to 2010

The maternal commons: Reyher, Kroeber, and Le Guin

Appropriating Inuit fashions: from Donna Karan to the scientific fictions of Andrea Barrett

Obscenity versus freedom of speech: the outside of ownership in Kathy Acker's Pussy, king of the pirates

Transracial parody: 2 live crew meets Leslie Marmon Silko

Conclusion: toward a pink commons.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587299452

1587299453

OCLC:

667274251