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The copyright thing doesn't work here Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana

Title
The copyright thing doesn't work here [electronic resource] : Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana / Boatema Boateng.
Author
Boateng, Boatema.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (216 p., [8] plates) : ill. (some col.), map.
Series Statement
First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies
Uniform Title
  • Copyright thing doesn't work here (Online)
  • First peoples (2010)
Alternative Title
Copyright thing doesn't work here (Online)
Subject
  • Adinkra cloth > Law and legislation > Ghana
  • Kente cloth > Law and legislation > Ghana
  • Textile fabrics > Law and legislation > Ghana
  • Textile design > Law and legislation > Ghana
  • Copyright > Textile fabrics > Ghana
  • Intellectual property > Ghana
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : indexes of culture and power -- The tongue does not rot : authorship, ancestors, and cloth -- The women don't know anything! gender, cloth production, and appropriation -- Your face doesn't go anywhere : cultural production and legal subjectivity -- We run a single country : the politics of appropriation -- This work cannot be rushed : global flows, global regulation -- Conclusion : why should the copyright thing work here?
LCCN
2010047170
OCLC
ssj0000521729
Author
Boateng, Boatema.
Title
The copyright thing doesn't work here [electronic resource] : Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana / Boatema Boateng.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.
Series
First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies
First peoples (2010)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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