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Record Nr.

UNINA9910311935003321

Autore

Pang Laikwan

Titolo

Creativity and its discontents : China's creative industries and intellectual property rights offenses / / Laikwan Pang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [N.C.], : Duke University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-43118-1

9786613431189

0-8223-9458-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/7700951

338.47700951

Soggetti

Cultural industries - China

Creative ability - Economic aspects - China

Intellectual property - China

Intellectual property infringement - China

Law and economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creativity as a problem of modernity -- Creativity as a product of labor -- Creativity as a construct of rights -- Cultural policy, intellectual property rights, and cultural tourism -- Cinema as a creative industry -- Branding the creative city with fine arts -- Animation and transcultural signification -- A semiotics of the counterfeit product -- Imitation or appropriation arts?

Sommario/riassunto

Laikwan Pang offers a complex critical analysis of creativity, creative industries, and the impact of Western copyright laws on creativity in China.