Biometrics Bodies Technologies Biopolitics 1st Edition Joseph Pugliese by Joseph Pugliese 9780203849415, 9780415811040, 9780415874878, 9781136955198, 0203849418, 041581104X, 0415874874, 1136955194 instant download after payment.

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.