The Transparent Traveler : The Performance and Culture of Airport Security /

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Rachel Hall characterizes post-9/11 airport security practices as operating under the "aesthetics of transparency," which requires passengers to perform innocence and be open to inspection-those who cannot are deemed opaque and presumed to be a threat. Travelers are no longer innocent unti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Rachel, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Transportation Security Administration.
Privatsphäre
Sicherheitskontrolle
Flugpassagier
Flughafen
Social conditions.
Airports > Security measures.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Security measures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Transports aeriens > Securite > Mesures > États-Unis.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Security measures > United States.
Airports > Security measures > United States.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Rachel Hall characterizes post-9/11 airport security practices as operating under the "aesthetics of transparency," which requires passengers to perform innocence and be open to inspection-those who cannot are deemed opaque and presumed to be a threat. Travelers are no longer innocent until proven guilty; they are guilty until proven transparent
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822375296

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