The transparent traveler : the performance and culture of airport security /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall, Rachel, 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Airports > Security measures > United States. Aeronautics, Commercial > Security measures > United States. United States. > Transportation Security Administration. United States > Social conditions > 21st century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : rethinking asymmetrical transparency: risk management, the aesthetics of transparency, and the global politics of mobility
The art of performing consumer and suspect : transparency chic as a model of privileged, securitized mobility
Opacity effects : the performance and documentation of terrorist embodiment
Transparency effects : the implementation of full-body and biometric scanners at US airports
How to perform voluntary transparency more efficiently : airport security pedagogy in the post-9/11 era
Performing involuntary transparency : the TSA's turn to behavior detection
Conclusion. transparency beyond US airports : international airports, "flying" checkpoints, controlled-tone zones, and lateral behavior detection.