B. Ajana

Gebundenes Buch

Governing Through Biometrics

The Biopolitics of Identity

Beschreibung

Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surveillance and securitization purposes drawing on a number of critical theories and philosophies.

Autor

Btihaj Ajana is Lecturer in Culture, Digital Humanities and Creative Industries at King's College London, UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-32161-8
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780230321618
• ISBN-10: 0230321615
• Artikelnr.: 36271713