1. The Commodification of Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Commodification of Culture 5
6. 2. Ownership of Intangible Property 13
7. 3. Cultural Products as Accidental Property 23
8. 4. Categorizing Cultural Products 38
9. 5. Claiming Community Ownership via Authenticity 52
10. 6. Family Feuds 67
11. 7. Outsider Appropriation 90
12. 8. Misappropriation and the Destruction of Value(s) 103
13. 9. Permissive Appropriation 115
14. 10. Reverse Appropriation of Intellectual Properties and Celebrity Personae 126
15. 11. The Civic Role of Cultural Products 135
16. 12. An Emerging Legal Framework 147
17. Appendix: Defining Property 159
18. Notes 163
19. Index 189
20. About the Author 205