Choreographing copyright : race, gender, and intellectual property rights in American dance /

'Choreographing Copyright' provides a historical and cultural analysis of U.S.-based dance-makers' investment in intellectual property rights. Although federal copyright law in the U.S. did not recognise choreography as a protectable class prior to the 1976 Copyright Act, efforts to w...

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Main Author: Kraut, Anthea (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Choreographing Copyright' provides a historical and cultural analysis of U.S.-based dance-makers' investment in intellectual property rights. Although federal copyright law in the U.S. did not recognise choreography as a protectable class prior to the 1976 Copyright Act, efforts to win copyright protection for dance began eight decades earlier. In a series of case studies stretching from the late 19th century to the early 21st, the book reconstructs those efforts and teases out their raced and gendered politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199360390
0199360391
9780190277307
0190277300