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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139167703321

Autore

Schur Richard L.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2009

ISBN

9786613011596

9781283011594

128301159X

9780472024490

0472024493

Descrizione fisica

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

Classificazione

MUS031000SOC000000SOC001000

Disciplina

342.730873

Soggetti

African Americans in popular culture

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc

Hip-hop - Influence

Intellectual property - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

An intriguing interdisciplinary examination of hip hop aesthetics.