Parodies of ownership : hip-hop aesthetics and intellectual property law / Richard L. Schur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schur, Richard L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in popular culture.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

African Americans.

Hip-hop--Influence.

Hip-hop.

Intellectual property--United States.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An intriguing interdisciplinary examination of hip hop aesthetics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

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

2. Critical Race Theory, Signifyin', and Cultural Ownership

3. Defining Hip-Hop Aesthetics

4. Claiming Ownership in the Post-Civil Rights Era

5. "Fair Use" and the Circulation of Racialized Texts

6. "Transformative Uses": Parody and Memory

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

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786613011596

9781283011594

128301159X

9780472024490

0472024493

0-472-07060-6

OCLC:

705944500