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

By:

Magnet, Shoshana Amielle

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.Description: 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780822351351 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
9780822351238 (cloth : acidfree paper)

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DDC classification:

570.1/5195 23

LOC classification:

TK7882.B56 M34 2011

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Centre de Science Humaines	500 MAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007573

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

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