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Selected Works

1999

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Authenticity Within Hip-Hop And Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation, Kembrew Mcleod Nov 1999

Authenticity Within Hip-Hop And Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

This essay examines claims of authenticity within hip-hop, African American culture. In the mid- to late 1990s, authenticity claims have been pervasive within hip-hop music communities, which had previously existed on the margins of mainstream U.S. culture. By mapping the range of meanings associated with authenticity as they are invoked discursively, we can gain a better understanding of how a culture in danger of assimilation seeks to preserve its identity. The use of the conceptual apparatus of semantic dimensions highlights how that culture's most central and powerful symbols are organized and given meaning vis-á-vis authenticity within a discursive system.

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Air, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 1999

Air, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Make The Music, Kembrew Mcleod Aug 1999

Make The Music, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Cybersex You Up, Kembrew Mcleod Mar 1999

Cybersex You Up, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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One And A Half Stars: A Critique Of Rock Criticism, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 1998

One And A Half Stars: A Critique Of Rock Criticism, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Dj Faust, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 1998

Dj Faust, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Keepin‘ It Real: Invocations Of Authenticity Within Hip-Hop And African-American Culture, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 1998

Keepin‘ It Real: Invocations Of Authenticity Within Hip-Hop And African-American Culture, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Exile In Criticville: Liz Phair, Rock Criticism And The Construction Of A ‗Do Me‘ Feminist Icon., Kembrew Mcleod Dec 1998

Exile In Criticville: Liz Phair, Rock Criticism And The Construction Of A ‗Do Me‘ Feminist Icon., Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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How Can Whelan V. Jaslow And Lotus V. Borland Both Be Right? Re-Examining The Economics Of Computer Software Reuse, Michael Risch Dec 1998

How Can Whelan V. Jaslow And Lotus V. Borland Both Be Right? Re-Examining The Economics Of Computer Software Reuse, Michael Risch

Michael Risch

The basic economic goal of copyright law is to balance an author's incentive to create with his or her ability to build on prior work in order to maximize social wealth. This balance is extremely important for computer software. On the one hand, software is often expensive to create and companies therefore need protection in order to recoup their investment. On the other hand, software is often expensive to create and companies can save costs by reusing pre-existing work. Quite often, the same companies that want to protect their software also want to use pre-existing work. As a result of …

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Legitimacy And Authority In Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study, Joseph P. Liu Dec 1998

Legitimacy And Authority In Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study, Joseph P. Liu

Joseph P. Liu

The process of crafting and promulgating technical standards for the internet is often hailed as a prime example of how coordinated activity can take place on a distributed network with little central authority or formal “law.”  Often overlooked, however, is the fact that the internet’s technical standard-setting process rests on a number of highly contingent assumptions, assumptions that do not apply in other areas of internet governance.  This paper explores the limits of this dominant standard-setting approach to internet coordination, using the current controversy over internet domain names as a case study.  Such a case study reveals that existing attempts …

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