Book Review: African American felon disenfranchisement: Case studies in modern racism and political exclusion

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya N. Whittle
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Felon Disenfranchisement ◽  
Modern Racism ◽  
Political Exclusion

Fixing Improvisation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea Kraut
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
African American ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
Tap Dance ◽  
American Vernacular ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter juxtaposes brief case studies of African American vernacular dancers from the first half of the twentieth century in order to reexamine the relationship between the ideology of intellectual property law and the traditions of jazz and tap dance, which rely heavily on improvisation. The examples of the blackface performer Johnny Hudgins, who claimed a copyright in his pantomime routine in the 1920s, and of Fred and Sledge, the class-act dance duo featured in the hit 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate, whose choreography was copyrighted by the white modern dancer Hanya Holm, prompt a rethinking of the assumed opposition between the originality and fixity requirements of copyright law and the improvisatory ethos of jazz and tap dance. Ultimately, the chapter argues that whether claiming or disavowing uniqueness, embracing or resisting documentation, African American vernacular dancers were both advantaged and hampered by copyright law.

Book Review: Case Studies

The Family ◽  
1924 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-46
Author(s):  
Margaret F. Byington
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies
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