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Pink Pirates - Contemporary American Women Writers and Copyright (Paperback)
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Pink Pirates - Contemporary American Women Writers and Copyright (Paperback)
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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, arguing that
for feminist writers in particular copyright often conjures up the
persistent exclusion of women from ownership. Bringing together
voices from law schools, courtrooms, and the writer's desk, Irr
shows how some of the most inventive contemporary feminist
novelists have reacted to this history. Explaining the complex,
three-century lineage of Anglo-American copyright law in clear,
accessible terms and wrestling with some of its most deeply rooted
assumptions, Irr sets the stage for a feminist reappraisal of the
figure of the literary pirate in the late twentieth century-a
figure outside the restrictive bounds of U.S. copyright statutes.
Whether illuminating the gendered problem of intellectual property
or providing smart, meticulous, well-versed discussions of
contemporary literary work, Irr presents a comprehensive and
convincing argument for the salience of pink piracy. Going beyond
her readings of contemporary women authors, Irr's exhaustive
history of how women have fared under intellectual property regimes
speaks to broader political, social, and economic implications and
engages digital-era excitement about the commons with the most
utopian and materialist strains in feminist criticism.
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