The color of creatorship : intellectual property, race, and the making of Americans /

Vats, Anjali,

The color of creatorship : intellectual property, race, and the making of Americans / Anjali Vats. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Creating Intellectual Property, Creating Americans -- The Intellectual Property Citizen -- The Race Liberal Intellectual Property Citizen -- The Postracial Intellectual Property Citizen -- Rescripting Creatorship, Rescripting Citizenship -- Conclusion : Decolonizing Creatorship and Remaking Personhood

"Creative Differences examines how intellectual property reflects and shapes racial formation in America, specifically arguing that copyright, trademark, and patent discourses operate in tandem with one another to form US ideals around race, citizenship, and property"--



9781503610965

2019040804


Intellectual property--Social aspects--United States.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF2979 / .C656 2020