The copyright thing doesn't work here : Adinkra and Kente cloth and intellectual property in Ghana /
Boatema Boateng.
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.
- 216 p., [8] plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.
- First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies .
- First peoples (2010) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
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?
Propiedad intelectual Derechos de autor. Derecho de propiedad intelectual. Intellectual property. Copyright--Textile fabrics. 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.