The Transparent Traveler: The Performance and Culture of Airport Security
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At the airport we line up, remove our shoes, empty our pockets, and hold still for three seconds in the body scanner. Deemed safe, we put ourselves back together and are free to buy the beverage we were prohibited from taking through security. In The Transparent Traveler Rachel Hall explains how the familiar routines of airport security choreograph passenger behavior to create submissive and docile travelers. The cultural performance of contemporary...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:082235960X
ISBN13:9780822359609
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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