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Author:   Lars Eckstein ,  Anja Schwarz
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781472519429

ISBN 10:   1472519426
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword Introduction: Towards a Postcolonial Critique of Modern Piracy Part 1 Conceptions: The Domain of Postcolonial Piracy 1 Revisiting the Pirate Kingdom Ravi Sundaram 2 Beyond Representation: The Figure of the Pirate Lawrence Liang 3 On the Benefits of Piracy Volker Grassmuck 4 ‘Dreaming with BRICs?’ On Piracy and Film Markets in Emerging Economies Shujen Wang Part 2 Reflections: Reframing the Discourse of Postcolonial Piracy 5 The Paradoxes of Piracy Ramon Lobato 6 Depropriation: The Real Pirate’s Dilemma Marcus Boon 7 Keep on Copyin’ in the Free World? Genealogies of the Postcolonial Pirate Figure Kavita Philip 8 Interrogating Piracy: Race, Colonialism and Ownership Adam Haupt Part 3 Selections: The Work of Postcolonial Piracy 9 To Kill an MC: Brazil’s New Music and its Discontents Ronaldo Lemos 10 ‘Justice With my Own Hands’: The Serious Play of Piracy in Bolivian Indigenous Music Videos Henry Stobart 11 Money Trouble in an African Art World: Copyright, Piracy and the Politics of Culture in Postcolonial Mali Ryan Thomas Skinner 12 Hacking and Difference: Reflections on Authorship in the Postcolonial Pirate Domain Satish Poduval Index

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Is piracy good or is it bad? Hundreds of articles and books have sought to answer to this question and what makes Postcolonial Piracy so important is that it ignores it altogether. Instead, these authors see piracy as spilling beyond the legal domain to give rise to sets of cultural practices that are central to the operation of media cultures in the postcolonial world. The book combines conceptual discussions of piracy and the figure of the pirate with a focus on the everyday life of cultures of copying in Mali, India, Brazil and elsewhere. It is a volume that will be widely read, not just by those interested in intellectual property, but by those interested in postcolonial media worlds and postcolonial society. Brian Larkin, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA

Is piracy good or is it bad? Hundreds of articles and books have sought to answer to this question and what makes Postcolonial Piracy so important is that it ignores it altogether. Instead, these authors see piracy as spilling beyond the legal domain to give rise to sets of cultural practices that are central to the operation of media cultures in the postcolonial world. The book combines conceptual discussions of piracy and the figure of the pirate with a focus on the everyday life of cultures of copying in Mali, India, Brazil and elsewhere. It is a volume that will be widely read, not just by those interested in intellectual property, but by those interested in postcolonial media worlds and postcolonial society. * Brian Larkin, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA *

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Lars Eckstein is Professor of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Outside of Britain and the U.S. at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Anja Schwarz is Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany.

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