Biometrics

Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

By:

Joseph Pugliese

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

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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.

Author Biography:

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

Release date Australia

September 5th, 2012

Author

Joseph Pugliese

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

192

Series

Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

ISBN-13

9780415811040

Product ID

20873729

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