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Other authors / contributors: | Maguire, Mark, editor.
Rao, Ursula, editor.
Zurawski, Nils, 1968- editor.
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ISBN: | 1478001690 1478004304 9781478001690 9781478004301 1478091649 9781478091646 1478002948 9781478002949
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2019. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2019. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | From biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how security discourses and practices that target the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power. At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a "post-truth" era contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized populations
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Other form: | Print version: Bodies as evidence. Durham : Duke University Press, 2018 9781478001690
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