Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-188) and index.
Contents:
The commodification of culture -- Ownership of intangible property -- Cultural products as accidental property -- Categorizing cultural products -- Claiming community ownership via authenticity -- Family feuds -- Outsider appropriation -- Misappropriation and the destruction of value(s) -- Permissive appropriation -- Reverse appropriation of intellectual properties and celebrity personae -- Civic role of cultural products -- An emerging legal framework.
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