When biometrics fail : gender, race, and the technology of identity / Shoshana Amielle Magnet.

  • Magnet, Shoshana.
Date:
2011
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Publication/Creation

Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.

Physical description

207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-198) and index.

Contents

Introduction : imagining biometric security -- Biometric failure -- I-tech and the beginnings of biometrics -- Criminalizing poverty : adding biometrics to welfare -- Biometrics at the border -- Representing biometrics -- Conclusion : biometric failure and beyond.

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    TK7882.B56 2011M34w
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ISBN

  • 9780822351351
  • 0822351358
  • 9780822351238
  • 0822351234