Contested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the LawJane M. Gaines examines the phenomenon of images as property, focusing on the legal staus of mechanically produced visual and audio images from popular culture. Bridging the fields of critical legal studies and cultural studies, she analyzes copyright, trademark, and intellectual property law, asking how the law constructs works of authorship and who owns the country's cultural heritage. |
Contents
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The Portrait of Oscar Wilde | 42 |
Jacqueline Onassis and the LookAlike | 84 |
Nancy Sinatra and the Goodyear Tire SoundAlike | 105 |
Chapter Five Reading Star Contracts | 143 |
Chapter Six Dracula and the Right of Publicity | 175 |
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