The Social Life of Biometrics /

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"In The Social Life of Biometrics, biometrics is loosely defined as a discrete technology of identification that associates physical features with a legal identity. Author George Grinnell considers the social and cultural life of biometrics by examining what it is asked to do, imagined to do, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grinnell, George C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
COMPUTERS > General.
Identification biometrique > Aspect social.
Biometric identification > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1 Biometric Encounters
  • 2 The Social Life of Biometrics
  • 3 The Domains of Biometric Thought
  • 4 On Method
  • 5 A Genealogy of Biometrics
  • 6 Thinking in the Wake of Biometric Thought
  • Acknowledgments
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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