{"product_id":"who-owns-culture-susan-scafidi-9780813536064","title":"Who Owns Culture?: Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law","description":"It is not uncommon for white suburban youths to perform rap music, for New York fashion designers to ransack the world's closets for inspiration, or for Euro-American authors to adopt the voice of a geisha or shaman. But who really owns these art forms? Is it the community in which they were originally generated, or the culture that has absorbed them? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile claims of authenticity or quality may prompt some consumers to seek cultural products at their source, the communities of origin are generally unable to exclude copyists through legal action. Like other works of unincorporated group authorship, cultural products lack protection under our system of intellectual property law. But is this legal vacuum an injustice, the lifeblood of American culture, a historical oversight, a result of administrative incapacity, or all of the above? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Owns Culture?\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive analysis of cultural authorship and appropriation within American law. From indigenous art to Linux, Susan Scafidi takes the reader on a tour of the no-man's-land between law and culture, pausing to ask: What prompts us to offer legal protection to works of literature, but not folklore? What does it mean for a creation to belong to a community, especially a diffuse or fractured one? And is our national culture the product of Yankee ingenuity or cultural kleptomania? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding new insights to communal authorship, cultural appropriation, intellectual property law, and the formation of American culture, this innovative and accessible guide greatly enriches future legal understanding of cultural production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Scafidi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813536065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813536064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.32w x 0.48d","brand":"Susan Scafidi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990392176895,"sku":"9780813536064","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cb2f31f-9b7d-4d37-9fbb-dcde3fdcf9d3.jpg?v=1683304413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/who-owns-culture-susan-scafidi-9780813536064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}