"[F]orceful, provocative and sometimes tendentious . . . . Rosemary Coombe points us towards areas of society where the increasingly oppressive dominance of trademarks and copyrights may be resisted and possibly subverted." - Times Literary Supplement
“[A]n important book, asking terribly significant questions and providing reasonable answers supported by numerous provocative examples. It deserves to be read and discussed by all who are concerned about the role of law in cultural politics.” - Mark Kessler, The Law and Politics Book Review
“[P]athbreaking. . . . [Coombe’s] study has much to offer a broad range of scholars including those in the social sciences and humanities, communications departments, and law schools.” - Lisa A. Marovich, Law and History Review
"[A] fascinating romp through consumer culture." - Peter Krapp, Cultural Critique
“A sparklingly original synthesis of cultural studies and law. Rosemary J. Coombe is a clever and edifying guide through the hidden landscape of property rights that subtly shapes so many cultural phenomena, from the circulation of celebrities to the struggles of indigenous peoples.”—Bruce Robbins, Rutgers University
“This is a scintillating cultural commentary: Coombe’s own skills as anthropologist and lawyer have been re-combined to devastating effect.”—Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge
“This is highly original ethnography. Coombe not only shows us the lifeways of law, but also some fascinating routings between the streets and high theory, and back again. In all of this, Rosemary J. Coombe is a hip and good-humored guide—and a trenchant critic.”—Carol J. Greenhouse, Indiana University
“[A]n important book, asking terribly significant questions and providing reasonable answers supported by numerous provocative examples. It deserves to be read and discussed by all who are concerned about the role of law in cultural politics.”
~Mark Kessler, Law and Politics Book Review
“[P]athbreaking. . . . [Coombe’s] study has much to offer a broad range of scholars including those in the social sciences and humanities, communications departments, and law schools.”
~Lisa A. Marovich, Law and History Review
"[A] fascinating romp through consumer culture."
~Peter Krapp, Cultural Critique
"[F]orceful, provocative and sometimes tendentious . . . . Rosemary Coombe points us towards areas of society where the increasingly oppressive dominance of trademarks and copyrights may be resisted and possibly subverted."
~TLS
