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Libro 16 di 46: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

Pugliese, Joseph

 
9780415811040: Biometrics: Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

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Biometric technologies, such as finger- or facial-scan, are being deployed across a variety of social contexts in order to facilitate and guarantee identity verification and authentication. In the post-9/11 world, biometric technologies have experienced an extraordinary period of growth as concerns about security and screening have increased. This book analyses biometric systems in terms of the application of biopolitical power – corporate, military and governmental – on the human body. It deploys cultural theory in examining the manner in which biometric technologies constitute the body as a target of surveillance and as a data-information object. The book thereby provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of both the local and global ramifications of biometric technologies.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Joseph Pugliese is Associate Professor in the Department of Critical and Cultural Studies  at Macquarie University.

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9780415874878: Biometrics: Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

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ISBN 10:  0415874874 ISBN 13:  9780415874878
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010
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