Intellectual property and cultural appropriation

Reviews in Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-228

  Berson, Josh ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural appropriation; Intellectual property rights; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957232888     PISSN: 00938157     EISSN: 15563014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00938157.2010.509026     Document Type: Article

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