Isbn: 9780226044347 - the fugitive's properties: law and the poetics of possession (20 resultados)

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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii, 362pp., notes, index. Light faint foxing to top edge. Very minor bump to top fore corner. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. GL.

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Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. First printing. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is like new. xii/362 pages. "In this study of literature and law before and since the Civil War, Stephen M. Best shows how American conceptions of slavery, property, and the idea of the fugitive were profoundly interconnected. "The Fugitive's Properties" uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key nineteenth-century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrelsy and early race films. Best also argues that legal principles dealing with fugitives and indebted persons provided a sophisticated precursor to intellectual property law as it dealt with rights in appearance, expression, and other abstract aspects of personhood. In this conception of property as fleeting, indeed fugitive, American law preserved for much of the rest of the century slavery's most pressing legal imperative: the production of personhood as a market commodity. By revealing the paradoxes of this relationship between fugitive slave law and intellectual property law, Best helps us to understand how race achieved much of its force in the American cultural imagination. A work of ambitious scope and compelling cross-connections, "The Fugitive's Properties" sets new agendas for scholars of American literature and legal culture.".…

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: New. 'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key 19th century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrel performance and early race films. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538. . 2004. 2nd ed. Paperback. . . . .…

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: New. pp. 376 Illus.

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Condición: New. 'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key 19th century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrel performance and early race films. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538. . 2004. 2nd ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condición: New. pp. 376 Index.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 376 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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