Cultural rights : technology, legality, and personality / Celia Lury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lury, Celia.

Series:

International library of sociology.

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Intellectual property.

Copyright.

Trademarks.

Printing.

Broadcasting.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 239 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cultural Rights aims to combine sociology of culture and cultural studies approaches to provide an innovative interpretation of contemporary culture. It develops Walter Benjamin's arguments on the effects of mechanical reproduction by seeing what has happened to originality and authenticity in postmodern culture. One aspect of this culture is that reproduction and simulation have become listless, so that distinguishing what is real from what is fabricated is a problem of daily life for everyone. Celia Lury establishes a clear framework for studying these matters by comparing a regime of cultural rights ordered by copyright, authorship and originality with one defined by trademark, branding and simulation. This move is illustrated through concise and accessible histories of three major cultural technologies - print, broadcasting and information technology - and the presentation of research into the contemporary culture industry. The gendered dimensions of this transformation are explored by looking at the significance of the category of women in the process of cultural reproduction.

Contents:

chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

part Part I REGIMES OF RIGHTS

chapter 2 FROM REPETITION TO REPLICATION

chapter 3 REPLICATION, NOVELTY AND REACTIVATION

chapter 4 BRANDING, TRADEMARK AND THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE

part Part II TECHNOLOGIES OF REPRODUCTION

chapter 5 MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION: PRINT, LITERACY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE

chapter 6 ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION: BROADCASTING, WATCHING AND PUBLIC SERVICE

chapter 7 MICRO-ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION: COMMUNICATION, THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND USERS

chapter 8 TECHNOLOGIES OF CULTURE AND GENDER

chapter 9 SIMULATION, GENDER AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-86586-4

0-203-30357-1

1-134-86587-2

1-280-32178-4

0-203-42289-9

9780203422892

OCLC:

61678137