Pink pirates : contemporary American women writers and copyright / Caren Irr.

Today, copyright is everywhere, surrounded by a thicket of no-trespassing signs that mark creative work as private property. Caren Irr's Pink Pirates asks how contemporary novelists-represented by Ursula Le Guin, Andrea Barrett, Kathy Acker, and Leslie Marmon Silko-have read those signs, arguin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Irr, Caren
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2010.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	1900-1999 American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Intellectual property in literature. Piracy (Copyright) > United States > History > 20th century. Law and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors. American fiction American fiction > Women authors Feminism and literature Intellectual property in literature Law and literature Piracy (Copyright) United States Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: the problem of copyright
The maternal commons: Reyher, Kroeber, and Le Guin
Appropriating Inuit fashions: from Donna Karan to the scientific fictions of Andrea Barrett
Obscenity versus freedom of speech: the outside of ownership in Kathy Acker's Pussy, king of the pirates
Transracial parody: 2 live crew meets Leslie Marmon Silko
Conclusion: toward a pink commons.

Pink pirates : contemporary American women writers and copyright / Caren Irr.

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