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The transparent traveler : the performance and culture of airport security
Author
Title
The transparent traveler : the performance and culture of airport security / Rachel Hall.
ISBN
082237529X
9780822375296
0822359391 (hardcover : alk. paper)
082235960X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822359395 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780822359609 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
e-Duke books scholarly collection 2015.
Other formats
Print version: Hall, Rachel, 1974- Transparent traveler. Durham : Duke University Press, 2015
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 13, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : rethinking asymmetrical transparency: risk management, the aesthetics of transparency, and the global politics of mobility
The art of performing consumer and suspect : transparency chic as a model of privileged, securitized mobility
Opacity effects : the performance and documentation of terrorist embodiment
Transparency effects : the implementation of full-body and biometric scanners at US airports
How to perform voluntary transparency more efficiently : airport security pedagogy in the post-9/11 era
Performing involuntary transparency : the TSA's turn to behavior detection
Conclusion. transparency beyond US airports : international airports, "flying" checkpoints, controlled-tone zones, and lateral behavior detection.
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