Reproduction, creativity, restriction : Material culture and copyright in Vanuatu

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-51

  Geismar, Haidy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous copyright legislation; Intellectual property rights; Materiality; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644444231     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605305050142     Document Type: Review

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